Constructed Action and Depicting Signs

What does DS stand for?

• Don't stare

• Dinosaurs sing

• Depiction

• Depicting signs

Classifier is the old term which means the same as ....

• Depict signs and Construct signs

• Depacking stuff and Cleaning up

• Construction and Dictation

• Depicting signs and Constructed action

Depicting signs in Auslan is .... (multiple correct answers)

• The representation of objects, size shape specifiers

• Handshape represents real-life movement 

• Comprises 5 linguistic elements:  Handshape, Orientation, Location, Movement and Expression

• An example of use of depicting signs is a signer demonstrating a car speeding on a bumpy road

Constructed action in Auslan is ....... (multiple answers)

• S.O.S.S

• Role-shift - the signer becomes more than one person while signing

• Creates a visual from a characters perspective

• where the signer fingerspells instead of creating a visual of what has happened

What is this sign? (multiple answers)

• small

• large

• big

• happy

Does this sign demonstrate depicting sign?

• Yes

• No

What is this sign?

• short

• cut hair

• tall

• angy

This sign could be used to demonstrate an action of how you have to be around one of the below animals. Choose the correct animal

• baby bird

• ferocious tiger

• hungry lion

• angry tiger

This is an image of a signer demonstrating someone was looking inside of something. Is this an example of Constructed action and Depicting signs?

• Yes

• No

This is an image demonstrating someone is about to get punched. Is this a use of constructed action and depicting signs?

• Yes

• No