ABSTRACT
Fromabriefevaluationofthepaucityofsurfacemarkersofclause
structure,itcouldbeconcludedthatembeddingisnonexistentinASL.
Sentencescouldbecomposedofeithersimpleorpolysententialclause
structures.SuchaproposalhasbeenentertainedbyThompson(1977).
However,argumentspresentedinthefollowingsectionswillshowthat
sentencescontainingmatrixpredicatessuchasDECIDE,HOPE,