A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

2.1.5.1. Possessives

The possessive predicate have (which has the same form as the existential there_is) takes two arguments, the possessor subject and the possessed object.

 

have

 

ix1 car two have.

‘I have two cars.’

(http://tidsozluk.net/tr/Var?d=0007)

 

The possessive pronoun, poss, can also function as a predicate.

 

poss3

 

… car registration wifea poss3a

‘The car belongs to my wife.’

(http://tidsozluk.net/tr/Benim?d=0694)

 

The wh-word who is ambiguous between an argument and a predicate and below it functions as a possessive predicate, meaning ‘whose’.

 

you for surprise gift get. house title. deed who, yours.

‘I got a surprise gift for you. The house is whose? Yours.

(http://tidsozluk.net/tr/Senin?d=0407)

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Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
LastName, FirstName. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
LastName, FirstName. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

LastName, FirstName. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)