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Peer reviewedFischer, Susan; Gough, Bonnie – Sign Language Studies, 1978
The role of verbs in American Sign Language (ASL) is investigated. Verb mutations in ASL are very different from the kinds of grammatical deformations that occur in English, and are different from those that occur in spoken languages as a whole. (HP)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Grammar, Manual Communication
Peer reviewedPadden, Carol – Sign Language Studies, 1981
Uses data from American Sign Language complement structures to show that a syntactic theory is needed to account for these in a formal way. Constraints on the forms of these structures are discussed in terms of syntactic constraints, rather than pragmatic or functional conditions. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Patterns, Language Research, Morphology (Languages)
