A Prosodic/Pragmatic Explanation for Word Order Variation in ASL with Typological Implications

Wilbur, Ronnie B.

doi:10.1075/cilt.150.09wil

In:Lexical and Syntactical Constructions and the Construction of Meaning: Proceedings of the bi-annual ICLA meeting in Albuquerque, July 1995
Edited by Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Kee Dong Lee and Eve Sweetser
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 150] 1999
► pp. 89–104

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A Prosodic/Pragmatic Explanation for Word Order Variation in ASL with Typological Implications

Ronnie B. Wilbur

Published online: 26 June 1997

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.150.09wil

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