A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

4.1.3. Contrastive focus

Contrastive focus is used for invalidating the old information mentioned in the previous discourse by providing a new one. This is also a case of new information focus since one constituent is made salient. However, in contrastive focus, the salient constituent is contrasted with a previously mentioned constituent.

ankara_[focus] (yesterday) (evening) (go)

‘TO ANKARA, I went yesterday evening.’

(Adapted from Makaroğlu 2012: 68)

Another example of contrastive focus is provided below. The information that ‘The house belongs to all her family.’ is invalidated by providing the information that it belongs to ‘her’ only.

ıx₃_a house family all poss₃ no-no poss₁

‘That house does not belong to all her family. (It is) HERS.’

(http://tidsozluk.net/tr/Kendi?d=0058)

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Meltem Kelepir

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)