Defining clause boundaries

[Ronnie Wilbur]

The following papers address boundaries:

Wilbur, R. B. (2000).  Phonological and prosodic layering of non-manuals in
American Sign Language. In  Lane, H. and Emmorey, K. (eds) The signs of
language
revisited: Festschrift for Ursula Bellugi  and Edward Klima, (pp. 213-241).
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.  [nonmanuals inside   nonmanuals; edge
marking,
domain/scope marking]

Wilbur, R. B. (1999). Metrical structure, morphological gaps, and possible
grammaticalization in ASL.   Sign Language & Linguistics, 2, 217-244.  [phrasal
end possibilties re:handshape assim]

Wilbur, R. & Patschke, C. (1999). Syntactic correlates of brow raise in ASL.
Sign Language &   Linguistics, 2, 3-40.   [brow raise scope different from
c-command]

Wilbur, R. B. (1996). Evidence for function and structure of wh-clefts in ASL.
In W. H. Edmondson & R.  B. Wilbur (eds.), International review of sign
linguistics (pp. 209-256). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence       Erlbaum Associates.
[tests for single sentence vs. sequence of sentences/clauses]

Wilbur, R. B. (1994). Eyeblinks and ASL phrase structure. Sign Language
Studies,
84, 221-240.
        [also discusses head nods, and variation over different signing rates]

Allen, G. D., Wilbur, R. B. & Schick, B. S. (1991) Aspects of rhythm in
American Sign Language. Sign Language Studies, 72, 297-320.  [tapping
reflecting
perception of stress placement]

Wilbur, R. B. & Petitto, L. (1983) Discourse structure of American Sign
Language conversations; or, how to know a conversation when you see one.
Discourse Processes, 6, 225-241.  [turn-taking, interruptions of signer -
interruptions at inappropriate syntactic boundaries]









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