Adding pieces to the Portuguese Sign Language lexicon puzzle: three pilot studies

The main goal of this article is to present several pieces of the “puzzle” concerning Portuguese Sign Language (LGP) lexicon – polissemy, linguistic specialization of forms and the sign’s history throughout time –, thus demonstrating how these pieces fit into the linguistic mechanism of human creat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ana Mineiro, Joana Pereira, Liliana Duarte, Isabel Morais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde 2009-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde
Online Access:https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/cadernosdesaude/article/view/2978