Grammaticalization in American sign language

Language Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-141

  Sexton, Amy L ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language; Grammatical change; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347174924     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0388-0001(98)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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