1st
L (F–10) 9-10
Understanding
Systems of language- Elaboration 1
- understanding that the elements of a sign can be arbitrary (for example,
the handshape or movement of the sign WHY), or meaningful, such as the movement
and the handshape in the sign GIVE
- exploring perceptual and articulatory reasons why some handshapes are more
common than others
- beginning to identify and describe metaphorical iconicity, for example, LOVE,
AVOID/RESIST, and discussing how it relates to metaphors in English, for example
the ‘time as space’ metaphor in both languages
- applying knowledge of iconicity in signed languages, for example how the path
movement of a verb can be a metaphor for the timing of an action, for example,
PRO1 WAIT-for-a-long-time PRO2, observing that English can do the same with
changes to the length of phonemes, for example, I screeeeeeaaaaaamed!
- using annotation software such as ELAN as a tool to transcribe and analyse
signed languages