Author： Wilbur Ronnie B.
Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company
E-ISSN： 1569-996x|2|2|217-244
ISSN： 1387-9316
Source： Sign Language & Linguistics, Vol.2, Iss.2, 1999-01, pp. : 217-244
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Abstract
This paper reports regularities of stress placement at the phrasal level in American Sign Language (ASL) and identifies a category of signs (final pronouns) that appear to be exceptions. The group of exceptional pronouns predominantly comprises experiencer subject arguments, a category that does not traditionally participate in the verb agreement system of ASL, creating a morphological gap. Evidence is presented that some of these pronouns may be in the process of grammaticalizing to verbal suffixes which may serve to fill the morphological gap.
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