Locative expressions in signed languages: A view from Turkish Sign Language (TD)

Linguistics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1111-1145

  Özyürek, Asli ^a   Zwitserlood, Inge ^b   Perniss, Pamela ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956250304     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LING.2010.036     Document Type: Article

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