Body leans and the marking of contrast in American Sign Language

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-303

  Wilbur, Ronnie B ^a   Patschke, Cynthia G ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0032164098     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(98)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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