SLLING-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 6

[Fischer Susan]

This is where Irit Meir's analysis of sign language verb agreement is  
helpful. Although her analysis is for Israeli Sign Language, it  
applies with only a couple of exceptions to ASL The palms in person- 
agreement verbs face the object.  Where there is movement of a verb,  
it goes from source to goal.  By Padden's definition, plain verbs  
don't inflect with facing or movement for person or space.
SDF
Susan D. Fischer
Susan.Fischer at rit.edu


Center for Research on Language
UCSD



On Jan 8, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Denise wrote:

> PITY is a directional verb, as are a lot of ASL verbs. The sign is  
> directed towards the object of pity; therefore I can experience  
> pity by having the sign made towards me or the sign is directed  
> towards the person being pitied. It gets a bit complicated to  
> explain in 2 dimension/print.
>
>
>
> Denise Wetzler, M. Ed.
>
> ASL Interpreter
>
> Nationally Certified,
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> Arizona Licensed
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> From: slling-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu [mailto:slling-l- 
> bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah Hafer
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:45 PM
> To: slling-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: [SLLING-L] Re: SLLING-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 6
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>
>
> 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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