Morpheme structure constraints on two-handed signs in American Sign Language: Notions of symmetry

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-205

  Napoli, Donna Jo ^a   Wu, Jeff ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language; Handshape changes; Handshapes; Lexical database; Morphology; Movement; Physiological constraints; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249301646     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.6.2.03nap     Document Type: Article

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