3.1.2.2. Multiple

Multiple or collective plural is used when the object of a sentence is treated as a single group. This kind of plural is realized by an arc movement:

            date christmas ix1 all family book++ [contra]give-present[ipsi].

            โ€˜For Christmas, I will give books to my whole family.โ€™

  (based on Quer et al., 2005)

 

In the example above the verb moves from the location of the signer in a straight line towards a location on the contralateral side of the signing space and then it moves in a continuous arc movement towards a location on the ipsilateral side of the signing space.