Current issues in ASL phonology

Introduction, G.R. Coulter and S.R. Anderson secondary licensing and the nondominant hand in ASL phonology, D. Brentari and J. Goldsmith the nature of constrainst on the nondominant hand in ASL, J. Blevins to branch or not to branch - underspecification in ASL handshape contours, D.P. Corina reflections on the nature of ASL and the development of ASL linguistics - comments on a paper by David Corina, J.P. Gee linearization of phonological tiers in ASL, W. Sandler response to Sandler's "Linearization of Phonological Tiers in ASL", C.A. Padden syllables and segments - hold the movement and move the holds!, R.B. Wilbur a psycholinguistic perspective on phonological segmentation in sign and speech, R.P. Meier holds and positions - comparing two models of segmentation in ASL, S.K. Liddel against movement - comments on Liddell's paper, B. Hayes sonority and syllable structure in American sign language, D.M. Perimutter phrase-level prosody in ASL - final lengthening and phrasal contours, G.R. Coulter linguistic expression and its relation to modality, S.R. Anderson.