Person and number agreement in American Sign Language

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  • Hyun-Jong Hahm The University of Texas at Austin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2006.11

Abstract

American Sign Language (ASL) has a group of verbs showing agreement with the subject or/and object argument. There has not been analysis on especially number agreement. This paper analyzes person and number agreement within the HPSG framework. I discuss person and number hierarchy in ASL. The argument of agreement verbs can be omitted as in languages like Italian. The constraints on the type agreement-verb have the information on argument optionality.

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2006-10-21

How to Cite

Hahm, Hyun-Jong. 2006. Person and number agreement in American Sign Language. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar 195–211. (doi:10.21248/hpsg.2006.11) (https://proceedings.hpsg.xyz/article/view/648) (Accessed April 1, 2025.)

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2006: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

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Conference papers