Can't: The negation of modal notions in ASL

Sign Language Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-53

  Shaffer, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 34248721627     PISSN: 03021475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sls.2002.0026     Document Type: Article

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