2nd L (F–10) 7-8
Understanding
Systems of language - Elaboration 2
- noticing that meaning is created in Auslan from fully-lexical signs,
partly-lexical signs and non-lexical CA and gesture
- recognising that signers can use locations for present referents, non-present
referents, or abstract referents that do not exist in space
- recognising that nouns can be pluralised by locating them repeatedly
regardless of their original location
- distinguishing between directional and locational indicating verbs
- recognising that handshape and movement represent different things in each
type of DS, for example:
entity DSs: the handshape is an object or person, and the movement is the
movement or location of that object or person
handling DSs: the handshape represents a person’s hands touching or moving
another object, and the movement shows how the hands move
SASS DSs: the handshape and movement outline the shape or size of something
- observing instances of CA in a text and discussing how it was marked