The licensing of null arguments in American sign language

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-27

  Bahan, Benjamin ^a   Kegl, Judy ^b   Lee, Robert G ^c   MacLaughlin, Dawn ^c   Neidle, Carol ^c  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Licensing of null arguments; Non manual markings; Sign language; features

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044232851     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/002438900554271     Document Type: Article

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