The Seeds of the Noun–Verb Distinction in the Manual Modality: Improvisation and Interaction in the Emergence of Grammatical Categories

The noun–verb distinction has long been considered a fundamental property of human language, and has been found in some form even in the earliest stages of language emergence, including homesign and the early generations of emerging sign languages. We present two experimental studies that use silent...

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Main Authors: Abner, N. (Author), Flaherty, M. (Author), Goldin-Meadow, S. (Author), Kirby, S. (Author), Montemurro, K. (Author), Motamedi, Y. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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