A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

2.3. Word order

Word order refers to the sequence in which the main constituents in a clause are articulated. The main constituents are the verb and its arguments [Syntax - 2.1.], although the position of the adverbials and other adjuncts in a sentence is also relevant.

The concept of word order applies only to cases where the subject, object, verb, and other constituents are articulated sequentially. Sometimes two constituents may be articulated simultaneously, e.g. a verb and its subject or a verb and an adverb. In these cases, the concept of word order is not relevant. Further, various categories, such as negation, can be expressed non-manually, which gives rise to simultaneous articulation. Again, this is not part of word order. For these reasons, the examples below only show the signs that are ordered one after the other in a sentence without taking note of any form of simultaneous expression, be it manual or non-manual.

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© 2020 Kadir Gökgöz, Aslı Göksel, Demet Kayabaşı, Meltem Kelepir, Onur Keleş, Okan Kubus, Aslı Özkul, A. Sumru Özsoy, Burcu Saral, Hande Sevgi, Süleyman S. Taşçı

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)