A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

The manual subordinating markers for reason clauses are for_thıs_reason and for:

for_thıs_reason                                                        for

The subordinating morpheme for_this_reason is followed by a pause when it is used as in the example below:

                                                     fe

[very tıred for_this_reason] ıx₁ home return

‘I went home because I was tired.’

for_thıs_reason can also function as a coordination marker and can occur in the main clause. In those cases, the pause is before for_thıs_reason.

 

                                                        h-th

                                                           re

weather nıce for_thıs_reason camp make

‘The weather was nice. Therefore, we did camping.’

The second sign which is used in reason clauses is for. This sign functions only as a subordinating morpheme.

                                                          h-th

                                    fe

[washıng machıne very old for] break

‘The washing machine was broken since it was very old.’