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Peer reviewedJelinek, Eloise; Demers, Richard A. – Language, 1994
Provides an analysis of the syntax of Straits Salish. Main clauses consist of an initial predicate followed by a second position clitic string of inflectional elements, the subject pronoun and tense. Evidence is provided against copular verb analysis as further proof of the lack of the noun/verb distinction at the lexical level. (52 references)…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language Variation, Lexicology
Peer reviewedGoldin-Meadow, Susan; Mylander, Carolyn – Language, 1990
This paper reviews research findings on the structural properties of deaf childrens' gestural communication systems and evaluates those properties in the context of data gained from other approaches to the question of the young child's language-making capacity. (over 100 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Linguistic Input
