Making historical sign language materials accessible

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 285-297

  Supalla, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American sign language; Database; French Sign Language; Historical change; Historical films; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989384911     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.4.12.20sup     Document Type: Article

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