Forging a morphological system out of two dimensions: Agentivity and number

Forging a morphological system out of two dimensions: Agentivity and number

Languages have diverse strategies for marking agentivity and number. These strategies are negotiated to create combinatorial systems. We consider the emergence of these strategies by studying features of movement in a young sign language in Nicaragua (NSL). We compare two age cohorts of Nicaraguan s...

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Main Authors: Horton L., Goldin-Meadow S., Coppola M., Senghas A., Brentari D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015-12-01
Series:Open Linguistics
Subjects:
Sign language
Language emergence
Morphology
Homesign
Nicaraguan Sign Language
American Sign Language
Italian Sign Language
Gesture
Movement Axis
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