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Peer reviewedMaxwell, Madeline M. – Sign Language Studies, 1983
Chafe's theory of generative semantics, which uses spoken language for illustration, can be applied to American Sign Language in two ways: to combat the erroneous assumption that sign languages simply represent spoken language in visible form and to explain various parts of the grammar of American Sign Language. (MSE)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Comparative Analysis, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar
