Negation in Turkish Sign Language
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Kadir Gökgöz
Abstract
This paper presents a detailed description of manual and nonmanual markers (NMMs) in negative sentences in Turkish Sign Language (TİD). It has been argued that TİD has a manual dominant pattern for negation with a backward head tilt being the major NMM in negative sentences. By contrast, in this paper I argue that, when it comes to negation, TİD is not a strictly manual dominant language. I will consider spreading of NMMs such as headshake, brow-lowering, and brow-raising and argue that these spreading NMMs play a syntactic role in TİD negative sentences. They mark the syntactic domain of negation, either through c-command, a spec-head-relation or both. In addition, I offer a generative analysis of the syntax of negation in TİD based on the syntactic background provided for TİD and the distributional patterns of NMMs.
Abstract
This paper presents a detailed description of manual and nonmanual markers (NMMs) in negative sentences in Turkish Sign Language (TİD). It has been argued that TİD has a manual dominant pattern for negation with a backward head tilt being the major NMM in negative sentences. By contrast, in this paper I argue that, when it comes to negation, TİD is not a strictly manual dominant language. I will consider spreading of NMMs such as headshake, brow-lowering, and brow-raising and argue that these spreading NMMs play a syntactic role in TİD negative sentences. They mark the syntactic domain of negation, either through c-command, a spec-head-relation or both. In addition, I offer a generative analysis of the syntax of negation in TİD based on the syntactic background provided for TİD and the distributional patterns of NMMs.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Nonmanuals in sign languages 1
- Syntax and prosodic consequences in ASL 7
- Negation in Turkish Sign Language 47
- Eye gaze and verb agreement in German Sign Language 73
- Mouth gestures in British Sign Language 91
- Nonmanual markings for topic constructions in Hong Kong Sign Language 111
- Nonmanuals, semantic operators, domain marking, and the solution to two outstanding puzzles in ASL 143
- Linguistics as structure in computer animation 175
- Index 195
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Nonmanuals in sign languages 1
- Syntax and prosodic consequences in ASL 7
- Negation in Turkish Sign Language 47
- Eye gaze and verb agreement in German Sign Language 73
- Mouth gestures in British Sign Language 91
- Nonmanual markings for topic constructions in Hong Kong Sign Language 111
- Nonmanuals, semantic operators, domain marking, and the solution to two outstanding puzzles in ASL 143
- Linguistics as structure in computer animation 175
- Index 195
