STRUCTURE QUIZ - Session 3
Structure in Auslan Quiz
Test your understanding of topicalisation and sentence structures in Auslan with this engaging quiz! Perfect for students and teachers alike, it features multiple-choice questions designed to challenge your knowledge of the topic.
- 10 informative questions
- Multiple-choice format
- Score yourself and learn more about Auslan structures
Which is INCORRECT?
Topicalisation is a grammatical process which describes how information can be structured in utterances
There is a slight pause to mark the end of the topic
Auslan frequently uses a comment-topic structure where the comment of conversation is identified first, followed by the topic
Topicalisation refers to the process for highlighting which part of the sentence the speaker/signer wants to make prominent
What types of elements can be topicalised in Auslan?
A) Subject - can be identified by asking "who/what" in front of the verb (e.g. Who will eat tomorrow?)
B) Object - can be identifies by asking who/what after the verb (e.g. People eat what?)
C) Verb phrases
D) All of the above
E) a and b ONLY
What is the topic? "The caterpillar will become a butterfly tomorrow."
The caterpillar
A butterfly
Tomorrow
Will become
What is the topic? "Do you have the book you borrowed last week?"
Do you have
Book
Book you borrowed last week
Last week
Yes-No and Wh- questions do not have to change in sign order, but the signed question usually has specific changes in non-manual signs
True
False
Doubling or repeating of some constituents...?
Doesn't occur often in Auslan
Involves repetition from the main part of the sentence and placing it at the end of the sentence
Involves repetition from the main part of the sentence and placing it at the front of the sentence
Is only used to add emphasis
Doubling structure:
A) repetition of auxiliary verbs
B) pronoun copy
C) repetition of content questions
All of the above
B and c ONLY
A and c ONLY
A and b ONLY
Often signers will include a pronoun that refers to the main subject, immediately at the end of the sentence. This is known as pronoun copy
True
False
"All the worms can go, they can," uses which doubling structure?
Repetition of auxiliary verbs
Pronoun copy
Repetition of content questions
When is the gardener coming to mow the lawn?
GARDENER WHEN MOW LAWN WHEN
GARDENER MOW WHEN LAWN
GARDENER MOW LAWN WHEN
WHEN GARDEN MOW LAWN WHEN
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