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By defnition, a "plain verb" is one that cannot move in space,
and so it cannot mark agreement and spatial locations in itself.
But in many sign languages (including Sign Language of the Netherlands,
Taiwanese Sign Language, and others), there are "auxiliary"
verbs that accompany a "plain" verb. Such accompanying
verbs do move in space to indicate relations such as source-goal,
agent-patient, and so forth.<br><br>
Dan Slobin<br><br>
At 08:10 PM 1/5/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Dear all,<br>
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I am a research student who works on Hong Kong Sign Language. My focus of
study is verbs. I would like to confirm if plain verbs are generally
unmarked for verb agreement and spatial locations. <br>
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I can post a summary. <br>
<br>
Thanks a lot.<br>
<br>
Scholastica<br>
scholalam@yahoo.com.hk<br>
The Chinese University of Hong Kong <br><br>
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