One modality-specific kind of embedded structure in DGS is the modality-specific phenomenon of role shift. The body, the head and facial expressions are used to take over the role of another person or character to report or express what has been said or done by this person or character. Along a continuum, DGS differentiates between attitude/quotation role shift, reporting utterances or thoughts of others, and action role shift, imitating the action of others [Pragmatics 6].