SLLING-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 6

[Sarah Hafer]

Mark,


>
>
> A sign that does not move in space can nevertheless mark agreement with a
> spatial location, by its orientation and possibly its location as well.
> Example:
> ASL PITY (open-8 handshape, palm toward object, middle finger repeatedly
> bending).
>
> Clarification of Denise's answer: in ASL, *many* verbs move [in space],
> but by
> no means all of them.
>

Wouldn't ASL's PITY be an indicating verb? I understand that indicating
verbs mean the ones that *move* and have a connection with the object or
that the location has meaning. However, with ASL PITY it still shows that
the object is in agreement here thus it is still considered a move, although
it is not seen. It is like the BE-AT verbs that have the movement root but
the object does not move. It is still a movement.
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Sarah C. Hafer
Junior Specialist, Corina Lab
Center for Mind and Brain
University of California, Davis

(877) 467-4877, ext. 51639
(530) 297-4427 videophone (Sorenson)
http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/content/Labs/Corina
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