Discriminant features and temporal structure of nonmanuals in American Sign Language.

To fully define the grammar of American Sign Language (ASL), a linguistic model of its nonmanuals needs to be constructed. While significant progress has been made to understand the features defining ASL manuals, after years of research, much still needs to be done to uncover the discriminant nonman...

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Main Authors: C Fabian Benitez-Quiroz, Kadir Gökgöz, Ronnie B Wilbur, Aleix M Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3916328?pdf=render