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Sign Language & LinguisticsVol. 24:2 (2021) ► pp.295–305
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Pragmatic, morpho-syntactic and prosodic features in sentence topic types in Italian Sign Language (LIS)
Article outline
- Introduction
- 1.Prosodic features of sentence topic types in LIS
- 2.Syntactic properties of sentence topics in LIS
- 3.Pragmatic issues: Referential expressions, referential hierarchy, and topicality in LIS
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