Key Word Signing Has Higher Iconicity Than Sign Language
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1092-4388,1558-9102
DOI: 10.1044/2020_jslhr-20-00034