Auslan: First Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Investigate and explain why signs are structured as they are, including with respect to iconicity, and compare transcription of Auslan video annotation software with glosses
Elaborations
understanding that signs can be iconic in a number of ways, such as representing a whole object or part of an object
identifying signs with different levels of iconicity, for example, those that are fully transparent, translucent or arbitrary
recognising that signed languages show more iconicity than spoken languages because they are visual not auditory, and that most referents have visual features
identifying and classifying examples of spatial modifications of nouns and verbs in a video text using video annotation software, for example, ELAN
glossing a text independently, identifying what signs are used, any NMFs, and any examples of DSs and CA
beginning to use annotations in a glossed text to show spatial modification of nouns and verbs
