The Emergence of Embedded Structure: Insights from Kafr Qasem Sign Language

The Emergence of Embedded Structure: Insights from Kafr Qasem Sign Language

This paper introduces data from Kafr Qasem Sign Language, an as-yet undescribed sign language, and identifies the earliest indications of embedding in this young language. Using semantic and prosodic criteria, we identify predicates that form a constituent with a noun, functionally modifying it. We...

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Main Authors: Itamar eKastner, Irit eMeir, Wendy eSandler, Svetlana eDachkovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
syntax
embedding
sign language
Prosody
nominalization
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00525/full

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