Nonmanuals, semantic operators, domain marking, and the solution to two outstanding puzzles in ASL

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-178

  Wilbur, Ronnie B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C command domain; CP; Semantic operators; Spec; Spreading domain; Tripartite

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051722016     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.14.1.08wil     Document Type: Conference Paper

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