ACLASFU103
Elaborations
- 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-herPRO3 ASK-me CA:I-was-shocked
- 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