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The purpose of this study is to examine the verb types and numeral classifiers of Korean Sign Language (KSL) in order to provide fundamental data for the linguistic study of word structures and word formation processes in KSL. First, we examine the pronominal system of KSL to explore some morpho-syntactic properties of inflecting verbs which show verb agreement. Second, we briefly examine the verb-argument agreement in person, number and gender in spoken languages cross-linguistically. Third, we discuss the three different types of KSL verbs (i.e. inflecting verbs, spatial verbs and plain verbs), investigating some morpho-syntactic properties of inflecting verbs of American Sign Language and KSL with regard to person, number and gender. Finally, we discuss some morpho-syntactic properties of the two kinds of numeral classifiers: sortal numeral classifiers and mensural numeral classifiers, comparing some morpho-syntactic properties of KSL numeral classifiers with those of Korean numeral classifiers.