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  • 3 - Use of Signing Space: Pointing, Perspective and Collocation

  • Luigi Lerose, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
  • Book:
    Improving Your British Sign Language
    Published online:
    02 January 2025
    Print publication:
    16 January 2025, pp 85-134

  • Summary

    The third chapter of this guide to improving your BSL focuses predominantly on use of the signing space around the body, and pays particular attention to improving your use of pointing, perspective and collocation. Section 3.1 provides detailed explanation of the way that interlocutors make reference to many different things during a conversation and explains that this act of referencing (or pointing) in this way is called ‘deixis’. Several types of deixis are illustrated, along with following discussion of how correct use of perspective and collocation are important. The following section, 3.2, provides examples of common errors made in relation to pronominal and temporal deixis and how to correct them. This includes explanation of the typical perspective and collocation errors that are made when learners overuse the signing space. Sections 3.3 and 3.4 provide exercises that a BSL learner can do to improve use of pointing and to enhance awareness of the perspectives that are evoked when the signing space is used correctly.

Improving Your British Sign Language
  • A Guide to Proficient Use
  • Luigi Lerose
  • Published online:
    02 January 2025
    Print publication:
    16 January 2025
  • This practical, illustrated guide is designed for students who want to improve their use of British Sign Language (BSL), helping them to manage some of the more challenging aspects of BSL learning in an accessible way. Written by a highly experienced sign language speaker, it contains around 750 photos of signs, including examples of common mistakes alongside the corresponding correct signs. Each chapter is accompanied by video demonstrations of all the signs it exemplifies, showing BSL in action. The book is based on the latest research on BSL within theoretical linguistics, since understanding the latest advances in this fast-moving field is known to help improve the skills of non-native speakers. It is intended primarily for self-study, allowing students to work at their own pace on articulation accuracy, recognise the kinds of errors they are likely to make, and gain a better understanding of the visual nature of BSL.