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Peer reviewedMaxwell, Madeline M. – Sign Language Studies, 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
Download full textAnderson, Stephen R.; Andrews, Avery D. – 1972
This first volume of a three-part language research study states and illustrates that the point of departure for comparative analysis of two languages rests on a comprehensive typology in each of a number of areas of grammar. The report suggests that a limited set of functions can be isolated, and that the range of grammatical possibilities open…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure
