Chapter 3
Acquisition

Assignment 6

Which aspects of the conversation in NGT at the beginning of this chapter are characteristic for the differentiation stage?

  • Inflection: modification of the verb;

  • Localization using an index;

  • Talking about a topic outside the here-and-now;

  • Beginning to produce some correct handshapes;

  • Use of non-manual markers;

  • (Overgeneralization).