A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

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1.5.1. Mouth gestures

Mouth gestures are actions performed by tongue, cheeks, and lips. For example, the cheeks are puffed in the sign have_dıffıculty, lips are pursed with airflow in paper and wınd, and the tongue is protruded in dead:

have_dıffıculty

(adapted and r.f. from Dikyuva et al. 2015: 118)

paper

(adapted and r.f. from Dikyuva et al. 2015: 117)

dead

(adapted and r.f. from Dikyuva et al. 2015: 118)

As very exceptional cases, proper nouns can be composed of solely non-manuals. alsancak, a district in İzmir, is signed by a movement of lips to the ipsilateral side.

alsancak

(adapted and r.f. from Dikyuva et al. 2015: 122)

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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)