Abstract published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 22:2 (2019) ► pp.275–281
Dissertation abstracts
Verb agreement in Brazilian Sign Language
Morphophonology, syntax & semantics
Published online: 10 February 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00036.lou
https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00036.lou
Article outline
- Morphophonology: Co-localization as agreement marker
- Syntax: The syntactic derivation of agreement
- Semantics: Event properties and the layering of visual information in the verb structure
- Note
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