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    "pk": 27485,
    "title": "ANCHORING is amodal: evidence from a signed language.",
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    "abstract": "Modern linguistic theory posits the existence of universal constraints. But whether these constraints concern lan-guage structure, generally, or speech, specifically, is unknown. To address this question, here we ask whether the constraintsidentified in spoken languages transfer to sign languages. ANCHORING (McCarthy & Prince, 1993) is a putatively universalconstraint on reduplication. ANCHORING requires that the final element of a suffixed reduplicant match the final element ofthe base (e.g., pana ‘chase’––>panana, ‘run’ not panapa). Here, we examine whether ANCHORING is likewise operative in asigned language. In our experiments, native ASL signers rated novel reduplicated forms: either ones consistent or inconsistentwith ANCHORING (i.e., ABB vs. ABA, where A and B are syllables). Results showed that signers reliably favored ABB formsover ABA. These findings show for the first time that ANCHORING constrains a sign language. This conclusion is consistentwith the existence of amodal linguistic principles.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Posters: Member Abstracts",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9029f7xg",
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        {
            "first_name": "Qatherine",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Dana",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northeastern University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Diane",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Brentari",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Chicago",
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        },
        {
            "first_name": "Outi",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Bat-El",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Tel-Aviv University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Iris",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Berent",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northeastern University",
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        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2017-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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