1.1.1.3. Compounds involving Size-and-Shape Specifiers (SASS)
The examples discussed in the literature suggest that in compounds of this type, the SASS usually follows the lexical sign.
An example of this type in LIS is memory^SASS(flat open 5): ‘rectangular_prism’, meaning ‘hard drive’, already shown in the previous paragraph and repeated here.
memory^SASS(flat open 5): ‘rectangular_prism’
‘Hard disk’ (recreated from Santoro, 2018: 41)
In LIS, it is also possible to find compounds in which the SASS is followed by a core sign. An example of this type of compound is the sign for ‘driving license’.
SASS(curved open L): ‘rectangular’^drive
‘Driving license’ (recreated from Santoro, 2018: 58)
This is a sequential compound in which the first member is a SASS classifier which shows the shape of the driving license and the second member is the core sign for ‘drive’.
