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Bouchard, Denis; Dubuisson, Colette – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Using data from American and Quebec Sign Languages, this article argues against linguistic theories that postulate either that a language has a basic order determined by universal principles or that there is a single universal order for all languages. Maintains that there are other means a language can use to indicate what elements combine…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Universals