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Peer reviewedPulleyblank, Edwin G. – Sign Language Studies, 1987
In response to an earlier article (SLS 51) regarding duality of patterning in the evolution of language, it is suggested that all utterances of a language be coded into elementary units of meaning that could be manipulated into larger units of discourse. This method would attempt to systematize a language's constantly changing phonemic inventory.…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Variation, Morphology (Languages), Oral Language
