The Use of Signing Space in a Shared Sign Language of Australia

In this book, an Australian Aboriginal sign language used by Indigenous people in the North East Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) is described on the level of spatial grammar. Topics discussed range from properties of individual signs to structure of interrogative and negative sentences. The main in...

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Main Author: Bauer, Anastasia (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2014
Series:Sign Language Typology [SLT]
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