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Abstract published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 26:2 (2023) ► pp.344–356

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Dissertation abstract

The count-mass distinction in Hong Kong Sign Language

A typological study into the surface manifestations and the grammatical encoding of the count-mass distinction in Hong Kong Sign Language using the framework of Distributed Morphology

 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Published online: 3 July 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00075.koe
Article outline
  • Background to the study
  • Count-mass distinctions in sign linguistics
  • Methodology
  • The Hong Kong Sign Language count-mass distinction
  • Grammatical encoding of [count] using Distributed Morphology
  • Significance
  • Note
  • References
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