A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

3.3.2.1. Iterative

When a (completed) event or an action is repeated within a certain period of time, this may be expressed by an iterative marker. The meaning this marker contributes can be paraphrased as “again and again” or as “repeatedly”. Iterative differs from the habitual [Morphology – 3.3.1.1.] in that iterated events are perceived as countable and temporally bound.

Some verbs in TİD can be inflected manually to express the iterative aspect. The following examples illustrate the bare, citation form of the verb ınvıte, and its iterative inflected form. In the iterative form, the articulation of the verb involves a circular movement.

Citation form

ınvıte

Iterative form

₁ınvıte₃_{a 1}ınvıte₃_b₁ınvıte_3c

‘They are inviting me all the time.’

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Meltem Kelepir

Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
LastName, FirstName. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. ((http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
LastName, FirstName. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

LastName, FirstName. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)