A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

Subjects and objects can be omitted.  The subject of a plain verb can be null.

   gül_a last week bodrum go. Ø_a a_lot swim

 ‘Gül went to Bodrum last week.  (She) swam a lot.’

                                                        (adapted from Kayabaşı, et.al. in press, , example 3)

In the answer to the preceding question which contains the antecedent arguments, both the subject and the object of a plain verb can be omitted.  

            ________________________________y/n

A:        boy       poss₂     notebook dirty     q_part

            ‘Did the boy dirty your notebook?’

B:        yes  ø_a  ø_b  dirty

            ‘Yes, he dirtied (it).’

                                                           (adapted from Kayabaşı, et.al. in press, example 4)

The subject and the indirect object of a double agreement verb can also be omitted.

woman_a                      man_b                                see_b                                                                          ask

            ‘The woman saw the man. (S/he) (him/her) Asked a question.’

                                                                       (adapted from Kayabaşı, et.al. in press, Fig. 1)

See also [Syntax - 2.3].