A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

In regular agreement verbs with path movement, the object marker is the end point of the movement. The first person object marker is signed at the location of the signer.

 

            receptionist ix₃hotel services ₃informed₁.

            ‘The receptionist informed me about the hotel services.’

 

For second and third person object markers, the end point of the movement is placed in the signing space in front of the signer where the second or third person is localized, as in the example below.

 

            ix₁ ix₃ course language  sign ₁inform₃.

           ‘I informed him/her about the sign language courses.’

 

Orientation can also mark object agreement in some verbs that do not have path movement, as in the example below, where the tip of the fingers is oriented towards the object location.

 

 
            ix₃ linguistics ₃teach₁.

           ‘He teaches me linguistics.’

 

Transitive plain verbs that are not body-anchored can show agreement with the direct object by means of location agreement. Namely, the verb is signed in the location of the signing space that has been assigned to the object, as in the example below.

 

 

            bill_pl-apaper accumulate_pl-apay_pl-amust.

            ‘Bills that are accumulated must be paid.’   

 (based on Ribera, 2015: 231)

 

Ditransitive plain verbs, instead, show agreement with the indirect object by the same means: location of the signing space that has been assigned to the indirect object.

            ix₁ womanclassmate pencil lend_1.

            ‘My classmate lent me a pencil.’