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