[Slling-l] COME and GO in SL

[Sandy Fleming]

In British Sign Language you can say, "I'll come," by turning the hand so
that the palm faces in the direct of motion and the movement is away from
the body. The hand shape is the bent index finger with the fingers upwards
(in the Stoke sense).

Sandy
On 13 Dec 2016 13:07, "Peyton Todd" <peytontodd at att.net> wrote:

> FSL may be different, of course, but I can report to you an interesting
> difference between ASL and English that I have noticed: in English we can
> say, e.g., 'I'll come visit you' (or at least I can), where the verb 'come'
> takes your point of view, so to speak. That is impossible in ASL, where the
> signs GO and COME must always match the literal direction of motion.
>
> Good luck with your study,
>
> Peyton Todd
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* "annie.risler at FREE.FR" <annie.risler at FREE.FR>
> *To:* SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 13, 2016 6:14 AM
> *Subject:* [SLLING-L] COME and GO in SL
>
> Hello,
> I am working  on the difference between COME and GO in french sign
> language.
> I found lot of papers and researchs about spatial verbs, as classifier
> verbs of motion.
> But I cannot find anything about lexical verbs of motion, and specifically
> about deitic verbs of motion.
>
> Do you know where I can find references ?
> Can anybody help me ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Annie Risler
> University of Lille
> France
>
>
>
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