4.1.1.3. Non-manual marking

Eyegaze optionally occurs during the articulation of a locus assigning point, ix(loc).

                                    eg

          [poss(d)₁ friend_a ix(loc)_a] ear ache

‘My friend has an earache.’

     (Adapted from Nuhbaloğlu and Özsoy 2014: 9)

Eyegaze optionally occurs during the articulation of the definite article, ıx(def), too.

   eg

[ix(def) man] look_for

'The man is looking for (the frog).'

The corners of the mouth are sometimes pulled down [Pragmatics - 1.3.] (mouth corner down - mcd) during the articulation of the indefinite article, one.

mcd

one  man