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Article published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 24:1 (2021) ► pp.107–117

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Subordination in French Sign Language (LSF)

Sentential and nominal embedding

 | Université de Paris | CNRS
Published online: 15 December 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00054.hau
Article outline
  • 1.Part I: Nominal embedding
    • 1.1Relative clauses in French sign language: Description
    • 1.2Processing relative clauses in French Sign Language
  • 2.Part II: Sentential embedding
    • 2.1Sentential complementation
    • 2.2Question-answer Pairs
    • 2.3Temporal clauses
  • 3.Discussion
  • References
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