Süleyman S. TAŞÇI, Ayşe Hamide GÖKSEL ASLI

Native Compounds in Turkish Sign Language (TİD): A classification based on headedness

This paper investigates the position of the structural head and its connection to the semantic head in 127 compounds in Turkish Sign Language (TİD). To eliminate language contact effects, we selected compounds that have monomorphemic counterparts in Turkish. The findings are: (i) Endocentric compounds tend to be head-final, (ii) Exocentric compounds tend to be head-initial, (iii) compound internal order, in some well-defined cases, is affected by the lexical semantics of one of the components. In addition, we identify two classes of compounds, cranberry compounds and descriptive compounds, and finally, point to the similarities between compound and phrase structure with respect to the head parameter.

Türk İşaret Dili'nin Öz Dağarcığındaki Bileşik Sözcükler: Baş değiştirgenine göre bir sınıflandırma

Türk İşaret Dili’nde (TİD) 127 bileşik sözcüğün yapısını, ulamsal başın konumu ve anlamsal başın varlığı açısından inceledik. Olası dil etkileşimi etkenlerini elemek için yalnızca TİD’de iki kökten oluşup Türkçe karşılığı tek kök olan kavramları incelemeye aldık. Bulgular: (i) İçbaşlı bileşiklerin çoğunluğunun başı sonda; (ii) Dışbaşlı bileşiklerde baş ilk sırada; (iii) Anlamsal ulam sırayı etkilemekte. Ayrıca bağımlı köklerden oluşan ve ‘açıklayıcı’ (descriptive) adını verdiğimiz iki tür bileşik sözcük tanımladık. Baş değiştirgeninin bileşik sözcük ve öbek yapılarında benzerliğini bulguladık.

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