Lynn Hou
List of John Benjamins publications for which Lynn Hou plays a role.
2018 Negation in San Juan Quiahije Chatino Sign Language: The integration and adaptation of conventional gestures Gesture 17:3, pp. 330–374 | Article
Sign languages do not arise from thin air: rather, they emerge in communities where conventions are already in place for using gesture. Little research has considered how these conventions are retained and/or adapted as gestures are integrated into emerging sign language lexicons. Here we… read more
2013 Review of Zeshan & de Vos (2012): Sign Languages in Village Communities: Anthropological and Linguistic Insights Sign Language Syntax from a Formal Perspective: Selected Papers from the 2012 Warsaw FEAST, Rutkowski, Paweł (ed.), pp. 259–268 | Review
2013 Acquiring plurality in directional verbs Sign Language & Linguistics 16:1, pp. 31–73 | Article
Little is known about when and how children acquire plurality for directional verbs in ASL and other signed languages. This paper reports on an experimental study of 11 deaf native-signing children’s acquisition of ‘plural verb agreement’ or plural forms of directional verbs in American Sign… read more