WH-âQuestions in Bimodal Bilinguals: Evidence for Language ...
WH-âQuestions in Bimodal Bilinguals: Evidence for Language ...
WH-âQuestions in Bimodal Bilinguals: Evidence for Language ...
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<strong>WH</strong>-‐L<strong>in</strong>al (emphasis) and doubl<strong>in</strong>g <br />
<strong>in</strong> sign-‐<strong>in</strong>Lluenced speech <br />
• Doubl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> ASL and Libras can be described as resul-ng <br />
from choos<strong>in</strong>g a func-onal element with a strong <br />
[+focus] feature. <br />
• Morphological fusion of the focus head with the focused <br />
element permits both copies to be pronounced (Nunes & <br />
Quadros 2004). <br />
• If a head with this feature is chosen dur<strong>in</strong>g a ‘spoken <br />
language’ deriva-on, the non-‐target structure will result. <br />
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