New trends in ASL variation documentation

Corrine Occhino; Jami N. Fisher; Joseph C. Hill; Julie A. Hochgesang; Emily Shaw; Meredith Tamminga

doi:10.1353/sls.2021.0003

New trends in ASL variation documentation

Corrine Occhino, Jami N. Fisher, Joseph C. Hill, Julie A. Hochgesang, Emily Shaw, Meredith Tamminga

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	350-377
Number of pages	28
Journal	Sign Language Studies
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2021.0003
State	Published - Mar 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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