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Spatial Referencing and Cohesion in an American Sign Language Text
- Sign Language Studies
- Gallaudet University Press
- Volume 73, Winter 1991
- pp. 397-410
- 10.1353/sls.1991.0003
- Article
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Abstract
Spatial referencing in ASL functions at both the lexical and the discourse levels. In discourse, it can be used by a signer to produce cohesion in comparisons, performatives, and time mapping. This article examines the occurrence and function of spatial referencing in an ASL text as it produces cohesion.
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