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Cylinders, planes, lines and points: Suggestions for a new conception of the handshape parameter in sign languages
2003
Linguistics in the Netherlands
The phonological specification of lexical items in sign languages has centered around different properties of the whole hand. Its shape, orientation and location are specified for each sign, while changes in these properties result in movement. This paper contributes evidence for the claim that the phonologically specified articulator in sign languages is not always the hand as a whole. Rather, the articulator is argued to consist of a more abstract perceptual specification, which is typically
doi:10.1075/avt.20.06cra
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