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A sonority cycle in American Sign Language*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2008

Wendy Sandler
Wendy Sandler
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University of Haifa
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It is generally accepted that there are three major categories of phonological elements in the signs of sign language: (i) the shape of the hand, (ii) the location of the hand on or near the body and (iii) the movement of the hand – either (a) movement of the fingers or palm at a single location or (b) movement of the whole hand along a path from one location to another. It has further been argued that each of these categories consists of hierarchically organised classes of features (Sandler 1987b, 1989a).

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Phonology , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , August 1993, pp. 243 - 279
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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