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Grosjean, Francois; Lane, Harlan – Cognition, 1977
An analysis of the pauses (holds) in a passage in American Sign Language reveals that sequences of signs are interspersed with holds of different lengths. Long holds appear to indicate the ends of sentences; shorter holds, the break between two conjoined sentences; and the shortest holds, breaks between internal constituents. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Sentence Structure, Story Telling