The fact that we are all, hearing or deaf, seeing creatures, and thus subject to cognitive-perceptual constraints in our communication, SL observations and analyses are therefor of theoretical interest not only to sign researchers, but also to those working on general linguistics as well.
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Yau, Sc. (2008). The Role of Visual Space in Sign Language Development. In: Xu, D. (eds) Space in Languages of China. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8321-1_7
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