How social structure affects the persistence and features of sign languages

Mudd, Katie

doi:10.1075/sll.00072.mud

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Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 26:1 (2023) ► pp.139–148

Dissertation abstracts

How social structure affects the persistence and features of sign languages

Katie Mudd | University of Amsterdam

Article outline

1.Context of the thesis
2.Studies 1 & 2: Models of sign language persistence (Chapters 2 & 3)
3.Studies 3 & 4: A lexical variation study of Kata Kolok (Chapters 4 & 5)
4.Study 5: A model of lexical variation and shared context (Chapter 6)
5.Main findings
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Published online: 21 February 2023

https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00072.mud

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