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Vol. 22:2 (2019) ► pp.282–290

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Comprehension and production of referential expressions in German Sign Language (DGS) and Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

An empirical approach

 | Goethe University Frankfurt
Published online: 10 February 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00037.nuh
Article outline
  • Overview of the dissertation
  • Study I: A referent selection task
  • Study II: A sentence continuation task
  • Theoretical implications
  • References
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2022. Pronoun production and comprehension in American Sign Language: the interaction of space, grammar, and semantics. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 37:1 ► pp. 80 ff. DOI logo

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