Meier (2002) defends that sign languages can be differentiated from spoken languages due to specific characteristics of the modality by which each ...

Meier (2002) defends that sign languages can be differentiated from spoken languages due to specific characteristics of the modality by which each one is produced and perceived. These specific characteristics can be regrouped into three main domains, which represent the possible effects of modality on the linguistic structure of sign languages. The first characteristic concerns the properties of the articulators of each modality. The second characteristic refers to the different properties of each of the perceptual systems. Finally, the third characteristic refers to the potential of iconic elements and indexical representations in the visuo-spatial system. About the above, analyze the following sentences:

I- The semantics and spatial syntax are very important grammatical levels for the structure of Libras.
II- Absent referents cannot be established in portions of the signing space.
III- They are recoverable through different strategies.
IV- The semantics and spatial syntax are not grammatical levels.

Choose the CORRECT alternative:

SOURCE: MEIER, R. P.; KEARSY, C.; QUINTO-POZOS, D. Modality and structure in signed and spoken languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.


A The sentences I and IV are correct.
B The sentences II and IV are correct.
C The sentences I and II are correct.
D Only sentence III is correct.