The Special Nature of Verbs in Sign Languages

This paper is concerned with the special nature of Sign Language verbs, in particular to this research, Irish Sign Language (ISL) verbs. We use Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) (Van Valin 2005) to provide a definition of the structure of lexical entries that are sufficiently rich and universal in n...

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Main Author: Irene Elizabeth Murtagh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 2020-09-01
Series:Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/204