When a Wh-word is not a Wh-word: The Case of Indian Sign Language

2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 11-43

  Aboh, Enoch O ^b   Pfau, Roland ^a   Zeshan, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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