Information on data and consultants
Please see the data and consultant information in the references. The linguistic data in images and video clips that were produced or reproduced for this chapter were provided by a near-native fluent signing consultant who was born and raised in Istanbul. The examples with a link underneath are from tidsozluk.net (Makaroğlu and Dikyuva, 2017)
[2.4.] - The data for Kayabaşı, et.al. were obtained from a deaf consultant and five adult native TİD participants. The participants were 25-50 years of age, four male, one female. They were all born to deaf parents. The female informant was born in Kırklareli and was exposed to home sign until school age. She learned TİD in school. Two of the male informants were born and raised in Istanbul, the third was born in Tokat, the fourth in Mardin. All informants attended schools for the deaf, and all, with the exception of one, are high school graduates. One male informant is a university graduate.