Semantic phonology is a model for sign language "phonology" proposed by William Stokoe(1991)[1] It represents a notable departure from the models of the preceding 30 years, which were all based in large part on an earlier model originally called "cherology" but soon re-christened "sign language phonology".
Thus, even lexical signs represent full predications.
The "Semantic Phonology" model has largely been ignored by the mainstream of sign language phonology,[citation needed] which continue to follow a model more in "tune" with generative phonological models which grew out of the same Structuralist tradition as Stokoe's original cherology.
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