ACLASFU050
Elaborations
- recognising that quantifiers such as FEW or THERE are also types of adjective signs
- recognising that some adverbs modify adjectives, not verbs, for example VERY and that these modifications to adjectives can also be expressed with NMFs, for example changes in mouth patterns and movement of signs can intensify adjectives, for example, RED -really, PLEASED -really, TALL -really
- distinguishing between the citation form of a sign and the adverbial NMF overlaid and what meaning each part carries, for example: MAN SPRINT (base form), MAN SPRINT-fast (manner added)
- recognising how conjunctions such as PLUS, IF or BUT are used to join clauses and create cohesion
- recognising that clauses can be linked equally, for example:STUDENT BORED, TRY FOCUSThe student was bored and tried to focus.
- or unequally, where one clause depends on another, for example:I-F BORED, OPEN-BOOK READIf you are bored, read a book.
- recognising that the element of a clause that a signer wants to focus on most in Auslan is sometimes moved to be signed first and that this process of topicalisation involves particular NMFs
- noticing that word order within a clause is freer in Auslan than in English and that parts of a clause can be signed simultaneously, making it hard to establish word order
- realising that in many clauses signers ‘tell’ with fully-lexical signs at the same time as ‘show’ with DS, CA and other gestural elements
- recognising that some nouns are not signed overtly in a clause, for example in the clauses below, the noun (the swimmer) is given in the first clause but not repeated in the secondPRO2 SWIM DETERMINED SWIM, NOT WINYou swam really hard but you didn’t win.