A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

4.3.4. Numeral incorporation

Numeral incorporation is the blending of the movement and place of articulation of a sign and the handshape of a numeral. In the following example, the numeral two is incorporated into week.

 

two^week

'Two weeks'

 

Signs that can be incorporated with a numeral are the following:

 

 

100s (200, 300, 400, 500, 600)

 

 

1000s (2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000)

 

 

grade  (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th)

 

 

hour (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

 

 

week (2,3,4,5,6^week^later)

 

 

month (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

 

year (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

  (Kubus 2008: 88)

 

(See also [Lexicon - 3.7.2.2.] for number incorporation into pronouns.)

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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)