A Corpus-Based Typology of Negation Strategies in Turkish Sign Language

This paper investigates the distribution of negation strategies in Turkish Sign Language (TİD) in the light of frequency-based data from a naturalistic TİD Corpus. On the basis of frequency occurrences, this study offers a novel account of negation on typological grounds: (i) by focusing on nonmanua...

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Main Author: Bahtiyar MAKAROĞLU
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Published: Dilbilim Derneği (The Linguistics Association) 2021-12-01
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Online Access:http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1486688
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description This paper investigates the distribution of negation strategies in Turkish Sign Language (TİD) in the light of frequency-based data from a naturalistic TİD Corpus. On the basis of frequency occurrences, this study offers a novel account of negation on typological grounds: (i) by focusing on nonmanual markers, we propose that a clause can be negated with a nonmanual element only – a pattern that has been typologically proposed for other sign languages – while previous studies classified TİD as a manual dominant language in terms of Zeshan’s typology (Zeshan, 2006), (ii) Also, we argue that backward head tilt has a syntactic characteristic, not lexically specified for NOT contrast to Gökgöz (2011), (iii) on the other hand, in line with Pfau (2016), we show that TİD can easily be classified as Non-Strict NC language. In addition, by proposing frequency-based typological distinction, we argue that TİD can be classified a hybrid negating sign language.
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spelling doaj-art-ef0d38e2c20e4dfca2f4113cea0284c02025-01-02T12:15:21ZengDilbilim Derneği (The Linguistics Association)Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi1300-85522587-09392021-12-0132211114710.18492/dad.853176A Corpus-Based Typology of Negation Strategies in Turkish Sign LanguageBahtiyar MAKAROĞLU0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7641-6665Ankara UniversityThis paper investigates the distribution of negation strategies in Turkish Sign Language (TİD) in the light of frequency-based data from a naturalistic TİD Corpus. On the basis of frequency occurrences, this study offers a novel account of negation on typological grounds: (i) by focusing on nonmanual markers, we propose that a clause can be negated with a nonmanual element only – a pattern that has been typologically proposed for other sign languages – while previous studies classified TİD as a manual dominant language in terms of Zeshan’s typology (Zeshan, 2006), (ii) Also, we argue that backward head tilt has a syntactic characteristic, not lexically specified for NOT contrast to Gökgöz (2011), (iii) on the other hand, in line with Pfau (2016), we show that TİD can easily be classified as Non-Strict NC language. In addition, by proposing frequency-based typological distinction, we argue that TİD can be classified a hybrid negating sign language.http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1486688sign languagenegationtypologycorpusnegative concord
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A Corpus-Based Typology of Negation Strategies in Turkish Sign Language
Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi
sign language
negation
typology
corpus
negative concord
title A Corpus-Based Typology of Negation Strategies in Turkish Sign Language
title_full A Corpus-Based Typology of Negation Strategies in Turkish Sign Language
title_fullStr A Corpus-Based Typology of Negation Strategies in Turkish Sign Language
title_full_unstemmed A Corpus-Based Typology of Negation Strategies in Turkish Sign Language
title_short A Corpus-Based Typology of Negation Strategies in Turkish Sign Language
title_sort corpus based typology of negation strategies in turkish sign language
topic sign language
negation
typology
corpus
negative concord
url http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1486688
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