Chafe's Generative Semantics and the Structure of American Sign Language.

Maxwell, Madeline M.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Chafe's Generative Semantics and the Structure of American Sign Language.

Maxwell, Madeline M.

Sign Language Studies, n39 p169-85 Sum 1983

Chafe's theory of generative semantics, which uses spoken language for illustration, can be applied to American Sign Language in two ways: to combat the erroneous assumption that sign languages simply represent spoken language in visible form and to explain various parts of the grammar of American Sign Language. (MSE)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Comparative Analysis, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Semantics, Surface Structure, Verbal Communication

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