Non-manuals and tones : a comparative perspective on suprasegmentals and spreading
Sign languages, i.e. language in the visual-gestural modality, are known to make abundant use of grammatical non-manual markers (NMMs) that fulfill functions at all linguistic levels. NMMs constitute a layer on top of the segmental layer, which consists of sequences of locations and movements, and t...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade do Porto
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Linguística : Revista de Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade do Porto |
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| Online Access: | http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/14818.pdf |