Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Understand the perceptual and articulatory reasons for the structure of signs, consider limitations of glossing and explore how video annotation software can improve transcription
Elaborations
noticing limitations on perception of signed languages, such as the more limited space for signed communication compared to space for mime
exploring perceptual and articulatory reasons why some handshapes are more common than others
understanding that the elements of a sign can be arbitrary (for example, the handshape or movement of the sign WHY) or meaningful, such as the movement and the handshape in the sign GIVE
beginning to identify and describe metaphorical iconicity, for example, LOVE, AVOID/RESIST, and discussing how it relates to metaphors in English, for example the ‘time as space’ metaphor in both languages
applying knowledge of iconicity in signed languages, for example how the path movement of a verb can be a metaphor for the timing of an action, for example PRO1 WAIT-for-a-long-timePRO2, observing that English can do the same with changes to the length of phonemes, for example, I screeeeeeaaaaaamed!
evaluating video annotation software such as ELAN as a tool to assist in the transcription and analysis of signed languages
glossing a text, including identifying which signs are used, and transcribing DSs and periods of CA
