Do all pronouns point? Indexicality of first person plural pronouns in BSL and ASL

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. Notational conventions vii
4. Can’t you see the difference? Sources of variation in sign language structure 1
5. Occurrence of mouthings in American Sign Language: A preliminary study 35
6. Do all pronouns point? Indexicality of first person plural pronouns in BSL and ASL 63
7. Negation in Jordanian Sign Language: A cross-linguistic perspective 103
8. On the syntax of negation and modals in Catalan Sign Language and German Sign Language 129
9. ‘Real data are messy’: Considering cross-linguistic analysis of constituent ordering in Auslan, VGT, and ISL 163
10. Cross-linguistic comparison of interrogatives in Croatian, Austrian, and American Sign Languages 207
11. The expression of modal meaning in German Sign Language and Irish Sign Language 245
12. Reported action in Nicaraguan and American Sign Languages: Emerging versus established systems 279
13. Grammaticalization of auxiliaries in sign languages 303
14. The possible range of variation between sign languages: Universal Grammar, modality, and typological aspects 341
15. Backmatter 385