A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

A psychological predicate involves a psychological state that a participant experiences. Both transitive and intransitive psychological predicates exist in TİD. In one type of transitive psychological predicate, the grammatical subject is the experiencer, while the grammatical object is the causer of the experience. Such verbs are called Experiencer Subject verbs. hate is an example. As for the other type of psychological predicate, the grammatical object is the experiencer of the state, while the grammatical subject is the causer. Such verbs are called Experiencer Object verbs. irritate is such a verb.

 

before ix₁ friend talk.recıp. ıx₁ thınk_well. later, ıx₃ ıx₁ ırrıtate. ıx₁ now ₁hate₃.

‘Beforehand I and my friend went along. Later, s/he irritated me. I hate him/her now.’

(http://tidsozluk.net/en/Nefret%20etmek?d=1051)

 

Some other subject experiencer predicates are:

fear

like

enjoy

admire

 

be_crazy_about is a transitive psychological verb in TİD. It takes a clausal complement.

 

ix₁ magazine newspaper etc like^not. ix₁ book read be_crazy_about.

‘I don’t like magazines or newspapers etc. I am crazy about reading books.’

(http://tidsozluk.net/tr/Hasta?d=0054)

 

get_bored is a psychological unaccusative predicate in TİD. The subject of the intransitive clause expresses the experiencer of a psychological state.

 

man                           get_bored

‘The man is getting bored.’

(Gökgöz in progress )

 

Some other intransitive psychological predicates are the following:

feel_anxious

be_pleased

be_fed_up_with

get_astonished