Syntax and prosodic consequences in ASL evidence from multiple WH-questions

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-48

  Churng, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language (ASL); Multi dominance; Multiple wh questions; Syntax prosody interface; Whnonmanual markings

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051774100     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.14.1.03chu     Document Type: Conference Paper

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