The emergence of embedded structure: insights from Kafr Qasem Sign Language
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The emergence of embedded structure: insights from Kafr Qasem Sign Language
This paper introduces data from Kafr Qasem Sign Language (KQSL), an as-yet undescribed sign language, and identifies the earliest indications of embedding in this young language. Using semantic and prosodic criteria, we identify predicates that form a constituent with a noun, functionally modifying it. We analyze these structures as instances of embedded predicates, exhibiting what can be regar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00525