Visual intonation in two sign languages

Phonology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-252

  Dachkovsky, Svetlana ^a   Healy, Christina ^b   Sandler, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84881454213     PISSN: 09526757     EISSN: 14698188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952675713000122     Document Type: Article

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