1st L (Yr 7 Entry) 7-8
Understanding

Systems of language - Elaboration 2

- describing the range of signing space in normal signed discourse

- recognising that non-body-anchored nouns can be located in the signing space and identifying instances of this

- noticing that Auslan pronouns are different from English because they don’t show gender but they can show the location and a specific number of referents, for example, WE2 (inclusive) and WE3 (inclusive) or WE2-NOT-INLCLUDING-YOU (exclusive)

- noticing that a point can refer to a person, place or thing

- noticing that enacting a role or modifying the beginning and end locations of some verbs can show the referents involved, for example:

PRO1 ASK PRO3 versus PRO1 ASK-her
PRO3 ASK-me CA:I-was-shocked
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)

- identifying what sorts of things can be represented in a DS by a particular handshape, for example a distant person, pole or tree can be represented by a point handshape, and a cylinder can be traced by a C handshape

- distinguishing between entity, handling or SASS DSs by looking at what the handshape represents in each type:

entity: the handshape is an object or person
handling: the handshape represents a person’s hands touching or moving another object
SASS: the handshape traces the shape or size