Frequency characteristics of American sign language

Sign Language Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Morford, Jill P ^a   MacFarlane, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 34248695196     PISSN: 03021475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sls.2003.0003     Document Type: Article

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