Short report: Limitations on simultaneity in sign language

Language

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 647-662

  Napoli, Donna Jo ^a   Sutton Spence, Rachel ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Centre for Personal and Professional Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Gestures; Sign language; Simultaneity; Syntax; Visual short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958059987     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: 15350665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2010.0018     Document Type: Article

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