Hi Jenna,

I've always been fascinated by the way in which ASL represents some aspects of syntax visually and directionally, so this study is really fun, and a great extension of this body of work.  What do you think the implications are for underlying meaning that transitive spoken sentences were reproduced asymmetrically in sign whereas intransitive sentences were not?  Do you think sign is capturing something fundamentally different about these constructions that spoken English somehow misses?  For many decades, historically (and inappropriately), sign was viewed as "impoverished" language.  I love it when we find evidence that sign actually permits distinctions and subtleties in ways that spoken English does not!

Cheers,

Dr. Hunt