A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

1.4.1. Symmetrical signs

In a symmetrical sign both hands have the same handshape and the movements of the two hands can be either the exact mirror image of each other along a body plane (e.g. party), or the initial and final settings of the movements might alternate between the two hands at a given time (e.g. tree). The plane of symmetry can be saggital as in party and tree, transverse as in turtle, or coronal as in cınema.

 

 

party

 

 

 

tree

 

 

turtle

 

 

cınema

 

Rarely, the hands have different handshapes, yet move symmetrically (e.g. bus_stop, shısh_kebab). In this rare group, the hands are generally in contact or are very close to each other.

 

 

bus_stop

 

 

 

shısh_kebab

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Meltem Kelepir

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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)