A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

2.1. Pronouns

The pronoun types in TİD are person, honorific, possessive, locative/demonstrative, emphatic, reciprocal, interrogative, and relative [Lexicon - Section 3.7.]. Person pronouns distinguish first person and non-first person (2nd or 3rd person). The number information can either be singular, dual, or plural. Locative/demonstrative pronouns can be topographical or abstract pointings. Reflexive pronoun self in TİD is combined with a personal pronoun, or the referent is identified from the previous context. It is generally used with emphatic (intensification) meaning.

         

 

 

 

ix3 self know^not                                                               

‘S/he himself doesn’t know.’

(adapted from Zeshan 2002: 263)

 

 

 

 

self thınk clean better

‘(I) would rather do the cleaning myself.’                 

(adapted from Zeshan 2002: 263)

 

Reciprocal pronouns refer to multiple entities where both parties do an action and get effected by the action. Interrogative pronouns are question words such as what/how, where, how_many, when, who, and why [Syntax - Section 1.2.3.2.]. Relative pronouns in TİD occur clause-finally which are phonetically identical to indexical signs.

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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)