1st
L (F–10) 5_6
Understanding
Systems of Language
- Elaboration 3
- recognising that quantifiers such as FEW or THERE are also types of
adjective signs
- recognising that some adverbs modify adjectives, not verbs, for example VERY
and that these modifications to adjectives can also be expressed with NMFs, for
example changes in mouth patterns and movement of signs can intensify
adjectives, for example, RED -really, PLEASED -really, TALL -really
- distinguishing between the citation form of a sign and the adverbial NMF
overlaid and what meaning each part carries, for example: MAN SPRINT (base
form), MAN SPRINT-fast (manner added)
- recognising how conjunctions such as PLUS, IF or BUT are used to join clauses
and create cohesion
- recognising that clauses can be linked equally, for example:
STUDENT BORED, TRY FOCUS
The student was bored and tried to focus.
(* Auslan video example on this is in
the ACARA website)
- or unequally, where one clause depends on another, for example:
I-F BORED, OPEN-BOOK READ
If you are bored, read a book.
(* Auslan video example on this is in
the ACARA website)
- recognising that the element of a clause that a signer wants to focus on most
in Auslan is sometimes moved to be signed first and that this process of
topicalisation involves particular NMFs
- noticing that word order within a clause is freer in Auslan than in English
and that parts of a clause can be signed simultaneously, making it hard to
establish word order
- realising that in many clauses signers ‘tell’ with fully-lexical signs at the
same time as ‘show’ with DS, CA and other gestural elements
- recognising that some nouns are not signed overtly in a clause, for example in
the clauses below, the noun (the swimmer) is given in the first clause but not
repeated in the second
PRO2 SWIM DETERMINED SWIM, NOT WIN
You swam really hard but you didn’t win.
(* Auslan video example on this is in
the ACARA website)