Clause/sentence identification

[Adam Schembri]

A graduate student here at the Centre for Deaf Studies is working on
topicalisation in Hong Kong Sign Language. Her data consists of
signed texts rather than elicited clauses/sentences. She is having
trouble identifying clause/sentence boundaries in her data. Her
literature review has suggested that pauses, eye blinks and scope of
non-manual features operate as signals of clause/sentence boundaries
in other signed languages, but these have not always proven reliable
indicators in her data.

Any suggestions for what to do/read next?

Regards,
Adam Schembri

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Adam Schembri
Lecturer (Sign linguistics)
Centre for Deaf Studies
University of Bristol
8 Woodland Rd
Bristol BS8 1TN
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)117 954 6909
Textphone: +44 (0)117 954 6920
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Email: Adam.Schembri at bristol.ac.uk
Website: www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/DeafStudies
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