2.1. Pronouns
The pronoun types in TİD are person, honorific, possessive, locative/demonstrative, emphatic, reciprocal, interrogative, and relative [Lexicon - Section 3.7.]. Person pronouns distinguish first person and non-first person (2nd or 3rd person). The number information can either be singular, dual, or plural. Locative/demonstrative pronouns can be topographical or abstract pointings. Reflexive pronoun self in TİD is combined with a personal pronoun, or the referent is identified from the previous context. It is generally used with emphatic (intensification) meaning.
ix3 self know^not
‘S/he himself doesn’t know.’
(adapted from Zeshan 2002: 263)
self thınk clean better
‘(I) would rather do the cleaning myself.’
(adapted from Zeshan 2002: 263)
Reciprocal pronouns refer to multiple entities where both parties do an action and get effected by the action. Interrogative pronouns are question words such as what/how, where, how_many, when, who, and why [Syntax - Section 1.2.3.2.]. Relative pronouns in TİD occur clause-finally which are phonetically identical to indexical signs.
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