How the alphabet came to be used in a sign language

Sign Language Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Padden, Carol A ^a   Gunsauls, Darline Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34248704508     PISSN: 03021475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sls.2003.0026     Document Type: Article

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