Prosody and syntax in sign languages

Transactions of the Philological Society

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-328

  Sandler, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 79551673821     PISSN: 00791636     EISSN: 1467968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-968X.2010.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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