In adversative coordination in LSC, some of the non-manual markers used are the same as those occurring in conjunction and disjunction, that is, contrastive use of space and head tilt/body leans towards opposite sides, ipsilateral and contralateral. In the example that follows a light use of squinted eyes on the manual marker but is also attested.
ht-right re, sq ht-left, bl-left ht-right, bl-left
giorgia cake chocolate very good but [fruit cl (5): ‘fruits’+++ burn][ipsi].
‘Giorgia baked a very good chocolate cake, but burnt a fruit cake.’
(© Alexandra Navarrete-González & Giorgia Zorzi 2019. Reprinted with permission from Navarrete-González & Zorzi, 2019)