From Seed to System: The Emergence of Non-Manual Markers for Wh-Questions in Nicaraguan Sign Language
At a language’s inception, what determines which elements are taken up to build a grammar? How is the initial raw material reshaped through intergenerational language learning? We approached this question by focusing on the emergence of non-manual wh-question markers in Nicaraguan Sign Language (LSN...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-05-01
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Series: | Languages |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/2/137 |