The use of word elicitation to identify distinctive gestural systems on Amami Island

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-112

  Osugi, Yutaka ^a   Supalla, Ted ^a   Webb, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 84989368554     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.2.1.12osu     Document Type: Article

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