The link between form and meaning in American Sign Language: Lexical processing effects.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1939-1285,0278-7393
DOI: 10.1037/a0014547