The expression of motion events in homesign

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-71

  Morford, Jill P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

ASL; Classifier constructions; Homesign; Motion events; Verbs of motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947267704     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.5.1.05mor     Document Type: Article

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