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Sign Language Syntax

Sign Language Syntax is the systematic study of the structural rules governing the linear and spatial organization of signs within sentences in sign languages, distinguishing it from other aspects of linguistic analysis by focusing specifically on how sign order, non-manual markers, and spatial inflections convey grammatical relationships.

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357

<b>The signs of language</b> . By Edward S. Klima and Ursula Bellugi Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979. Pp. xii, 417. $25.00.

William C. Stokoe · Language · 1980 · 1.3K citations

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Children Creating Language: How Nicaraguan Sign Language Acquired a Spatial Grammar

Ann Senghas, Marie Coppola · Psychological Science · 2001 · 785 citations

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The emergence of grammar: Systematic structure in a new language

Wendy Sandler, Irit Meir, Carol Padden et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 609 citations · Full text

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A comparison of sign language and spoken language

Ursula Bellugi, Susan D. Fischer · Cognition · 1972 · 462 citations

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<b>The linguistics of British Sign Language: An introduction</b> . By Rachel Sutton-Spence and Bencie Woll. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xxi, 299.

Zdeněk Salzmann · Language · 2000 · 376 citations

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Authors

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  1. WS
    Wendy Sandler

    University of Haifa, Israel

    16 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. RΒ
    Ronnie Β. Wilbur

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    16 publications · 664 citations

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  3. UB
    Ursula Bellugi

    Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. RP
    Roland Pfau

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    12 publications · 724 citations

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  5. CC
    Carlo Cecchetto

    University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

    10 publications · 647 citations

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Institutions

215

  1. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    15 h-index

    23 publications

    4.9K citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    20 publications

    728 citations

  3. Salk Institute for Biological Studies

    La Jolla, United States

    14 h-index

    34 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Institut Jean Nicod

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    417 citations

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Venues

  1. Sign Language & Linguistics

    44 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Sign language studies

    SLS · 39 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. Language

    12 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. Lingua

    10 publications · 444 citations

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  5. Glossa a journal of general linguistics

    7 publications · 312 citations

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