2nd
L (Yr 7 Entry) 9-10
Understanding
Systems of language - Elaboration 2
- recognising that Auslan has fully-lexical signs that are in the dictionary
and have a standard handshape, movement and location, and partly-lexical signs
that cannot be listed in a dictionary in all forms as gesture changes the form
each time they are signed
- noticing that meaning is created in Auslan from fully-lexical signs,
partly-lexical signs, non-lexical signing and gesture and comparing with the
range of ways English speakers create meaning, including spoken words, modifying
intonation, and gesture
- noticing that fully- and partly-lexical signs can include grammatical
information not included in a ‘citation’ form, for example, the sign TELL-me is
not listed separately to TELL (towards neutral space) and GO-TO includes
GO-TO-often
- noticing that single-digit numbers can be separate lexical items or merged
into other signs (numeral incorporation) such as those for ages (for example,
5-YEARS-OLD) or adverbs of time (for example, 3-WEEKS-AGO) or pronouns (WE3,
WE4)
- identifying where and how a signer has established a location in space, for
example through the use of points, non-body-anchored signs or fingerspelled
words
- recognising that signers must make explicit which referent is associated with
a location, but do not need to continue to make this explicit throughout a text
- recognising that signers can set up referents in the signing space close to
them (viewer space, for example, using a bC handshape (use of non-dominant hand)
to indicate putting a glass on a table) or distant (diagrammatic, for example,
using 5claw in two locations to represent two houses)
- recognising that in viewer space, signers can use locations for present
referents, non-present referents, or abstract referents that do not exist in
space
- identifying instances of DSs and their type independently
- comparing English adjectives with SASS DSs
- learning that the function of CA is to represent the words, thoughts or
actions of a protagonist in a text, either themselves or another
- knowing that in CA a signer can shift into the role of another, or themselves
at a different time, through eye gaze change, body shift, head orientation
change, and matching facial expressions