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Abstract published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 28:1 (2025) ► pp.163–171

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Dissertation abstract

The emergence of linguistic structure in Zinacantec Family Homesign

 | University of Chicago
Published online: 23 January 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00094.ger
Article outline
  • Background to the study
  • Chapter 3: Zinacantec Family Homesign
  • Chapter 4: Size-and-shape specifiers
  • Chapter 5: Classifier constructions
  • Chapter 6: Argument structure devices
  • Conclusion
  • References
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