On the linguistic effects of articulatory ease, with a focus on sign languages

Language

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 424-456

  Napoli, Donna Jo ^a   Sanders, Nathan ^a   Wright, Rebecca ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulatory ease; Joints; Movement; Phonetics; Sign languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903214050     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: 15350665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2014.0026     Document Type: Article

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