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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>In American
Sign Language, verbs move. The movement itself contains a great amount of
information. If want to show that I will go from my house to the bank and then
to the library, these three locations are first established in the signing
space. How I sign the verb ‘go-to’ then will show where I started from;
went to; and where I ended up. Without changing the three locations already
established, I can then change the starting and ending points, using the exact
same ‘go-to’ verb and movement and completely change the meaning of
the signed sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>, M. Ed.</span></font><font color=black><span
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color:black'> Interpreter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Nationally
Certified,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
slling-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:slling-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dan I. Slobin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, <st1:date Year="2008"
Day="06" Month="1" ls="trans" w:st="on">January 06, 2008</st1:date> <st1:time
Minute="48" Hour="5" w:st="on">5:48 AM</st1:time><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">A
list for linguists interested in signed languages</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Nini Hoiting<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [SLLING-L] Plain
verbs in signed languages</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>By defnition, a "plain verb" is one that cannot move in
space, and so it cannot mark agreement and spatial locations in itself.
But in many sign languages (including Sign Language of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
Taiwanese Sign Language, and others), there are "auxiliary" verbs
that accompany a "plain" verb. Such accompanying verbs do move
in space to indicate relations such as source-goal, agent-patient, and so
forth.<br>
<br>
Dan Slobin<br>
<br>
At 08:10 PM <st1:date Year="2008" Day="5" Month="1" ls="trans" w:st="on">1/5/2008</st1:date>,
you wrote:<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear all,<br>
<br>
I am a research student who works on Hong Kong Sign Language. My focus of study
is verbs. I would like to confirm if plain verbs are generally unmarked for
verb agreement and spatial locations. <br>
<br>
I can post a summary. <br>
<br>
Thanks a lot.<br>
<br>
Scholastica<br>
scholalam@yahoo.com.hk<br>
The Chinese <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hong Kong <br>
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