A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

The existential predicate there_is takes only a subject. man one, a man, is the subject of the existential predicate below.

 man                         one                         there_is

‘There is a man'

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Locative information is also usually expressed in an existential sentence with there_is.

house                       in                            grape                          plate                         there_is

‘There is a plate of grapes in the house.’

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An existential meaning is also expressed very frequently with a whole entity or extension classifier that accompany a downward movement to a position. In the example below, a vertical whole entity classifier for ‘tree’ is used with the existential predicate, exist.

                         tree                               CL(>):‘exist’

‘There is a tree’           

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In the example below, a horizontal whole entity classifier for ‘car’ is used with the existential predicate, stand.

red                          car                     CL(x):‘stand’      poss₁                   not

‘The red car that stands there is not mine.’

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