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Download full textWoodward, James; De Santis, Susan – 1976
This paper examines negative incorporation in various lects of two historically related sign languages, French Sign Language and American Sign Language. Negative incorporation not only offers interesting insights into the structure of French and American Sign Language, but also into the descriptive and explanatory power of variation theory. By…
Descriptors: Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Females
