Negation in San Juan Quiahije Chatino Sign language: The integration and adaptation of conventional gestures
Sign languages do not arise from thin air: rather, they emerge in communities where conventions are already in place for using gesture. Little research has considered how these conventions are retained and/or adapted as gestures are integrated into emerging sign language lexicons. Here we describe a...
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
2018
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