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Malaia, Evie; Wilbur, Ronnie B. – Language and Speech, 2012
This article presents an experimental investigation of kinematics of verb sign production in American Sign Language (ASL) using motion capture data. The results confirm that event structure differences in the meaning of the verbs are reflected in the kinematic formation: for example, in the telic verbs (throw, hit), the end-point of the event is…
Descriptors: Verbs, Physics, Motion, American Sign Language
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Wilbur, Ronnie B. – Language and Speech, 1999
Focuses on phrasal prominence in American Sign Language (ASL). Reviews the marking of stress and phrase boundaries in ASL, and discusses prominence assignment at the phrasal level, with brief mention of lexical stress. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Grammar, Phrase Structure, Stress (Phonology)