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Abstract published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 25:2 (2022) ► pp.245–257

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Dissertation Abstract

Conditional clauses in German Sign Language (DGS) and Brazilian Sign Language (Libras)

An empirical sociolinguistic study

 | University of Cologne
Published online: 30 June 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00066.pau
Article outline
  • Background
  • Research method and aims
  • Results
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
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