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 Ä°zmir, is signed by a movement of lips to the ipsilateral side.

 

 

alsancak

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