2nd L (F–10) 5-6
Understanding
Language variation and change - Elaboration 5
- noticing different ways that English words are borrowed into Auslan, for
example, the use of fully fingerspelled words, such as D-U-E, N-O-U-N, the
fingerspelling of the first letter of corresponding English words, for example
TOILET, FATHER, or abbreviations of English words, for example, state names:
S-A, N-S-W, V-I-C, T-A-S, and organisation names: N-A-B-S, W-A-A-D, N-S-W-A-D,
D-C-S-S-A
- creating lists of fingerspelled words which have become lexicalised, for
example, #HOW, #BUT, #ABOUT or #FOR and looking at how this process has changed
the form of words over time
- recognising that Auslan includes loan signs from Signed English, some of which
were invented for Signed English (for example, TOY or DAD) and some that were
from the southern dialect and incorporated into Signed English, for example,
YELLOW
- looking at style shifts in domains where English is in closer contact with
Auslan, such as the use of more English-like structures in formal and
educational settings
- explaining the influence of other signed languages such as BSL, ISL and ASL on
Auslan over different periods of time and discussing reasons for such influence