Temporal and modal anaphora in sign language (ASL)

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 207-234

  Schlenker, Philippe ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphora; Modal anaphora; Semantics; Sign language; Temporal anaphora

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873749524     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-012-9181-5     Document Type: Article

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