Prosody on the hands and face: Evidence from American Sign Language

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-130

  Brentari, Diane ^a   Crossley, Laurinda ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward referencing; Nondominant hand; Nonmanual behavior; Parenthetical; Phonology; Prosodic word; Prosody; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947324605     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.5.2.03bre     Document Type: Article

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