Visual prosody in Korean Sign Language: (non)manual cues for boundary and prominence

These findings suggest that KSL prosody is prominence-driven, with nonmanuals functioning as primary markers of focus rather than of AP boundaries. By highlighting the prominence-driven nature of prosodic marking in KSL, this study contributes to a growing body of cross-linguistic research showing that prosodic strategies in sign languages are not uniform but shaped by language-specific implementations.