Chapter 3
Acquisition
Assignment 5
Decide whether the following sentences are typical for (i) the early linguistic stage, (ii) the differentiation stage, or (iii) a later stage:
(a)
sentence with an inflected verb;
(b)
sentence with a non-manual negation;
(c)
sentence with index and a referential sign;
(d)
sentence with a complex set of verbs and non-manual elements.
(a)
differentiation stage;
(b)
differentiation stage;
(c)
early linguistic stage;
(d)
later than the differentiation stage.
Note: it can be useful to discuss the differences and similarities in the timing of acquisition using a table such as illustrated below.