The Berkeley Transcription System for sign language research (BTS): Transcription as a tool for understanding

Hoiting, Nini; Slobin, Dan I.

doi:10.1075/tilar.2.06hoi

In:Directions in Sign Language Acquisition
Edited by Gary Morgan and Bencie Woll
[Trends in Language Acquisition Research 2] 2002
► pp. 55–75

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Transcription as a tool for understanding

The Berkeley Transcription System for sign language research (BTS)

Nini Hoiting

Dan I. Slobin

Published online: 27 June 2002

https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar.2.06hoi

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