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Peer reviewedNeidle, Carol; Lee, Robert G.; McLaughlin, Dawn; Bahan, Benjamin; Kegl, Judy – Language, 1998
Argues that a 1997 study of WH-movement in American Sign Language (ASL) proposing leftward syntactic movement uses incorrect interpretations of the data and can not account for the facts of the language. A previously-proposed position that ASL WH-phrases move rightward, and that universal grammar must allow the option of rightward movement, is…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedFriedman, Lynn A. – Language, 1975
The manifestation of time, space, and person reference in American Sign Language is described and discussed. The effect of the modality of communication on the language system is studied. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, English
