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Stokoe, William C. – Florida FL Reporter, 1973
Explores the systematic arrangement of elements in American Sign Language and compares it with English syntax. (KM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Language Ability, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedJacobowitz, E. Lynn; Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1988
American Sign Language verbs have several ways to indicate time: 1)reference to a specific time; 2) extension at wrist, elbow, or shoulder to indicate future time; 3) flexion at wrist, elbow, or shoulder to indicate past tense. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Syntax, Tenses (Grammar), Time Perspective
Stokoe, William C. – 1978
The sign language of the American deaf community (ASL) is analyzed from a linguistic point of view. The history of the application of linguistic principles to sign language studies is briefly traced. The cherology (phonology) of sign language is treated with respect to finger spelling, manual numeration, ASL phonetics, and conventions of sign…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Descriptive Linguistics, Manual Communication, Morphology (Languages)
