Constructed Action in an Unfamiliar Sign Language Register
Constructed Action in an Unfamiliar Sign Language Register
Constructed Action in an Unfamiliar Sign Language Register
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<strong>Constructed</strong> <strong>Action</strong> (CA)<br />
• The signer uses his/her own body to depict <strong>an</strong> event or action<br />
of <strong>an</strong> entity: The signer 'becomes' the referent.<br />
• One-to-one correspondence between (parts of) the body <strong>an</strong>d<br />
the <strong>in</strong>tended referent<br />
• Alternation between different discourse elements<br />
(often rapidly switch<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
• Pure CA or parallelisation of CA with lexemes or classifier<br />
constructions (Fischer 2006).<br />
• Markers: eye gaze, body shift, facial expressions, ...
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