Sociolinguistic Typology and Sign Languages
This paper examines the possible relationship between proposed social determinants of morphological ‘complexity’ and how this contributes to linguistic diversity, specifically via the typological nature of the sign languages of deaf communities. We sketch how the notion of morphological complexity,...
Main Authors: | Adam Schembri, Jordan Fenlon, Kearsy Cormier, Trevor Johnston |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00200/full |
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