Can constructed action be considered obligatory?

Lingua

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1285-1314

  Quinto Pozos, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Classifiers; Gesture; Non manual; Polycomponential signs; Role shift; Verbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947238525     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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