%0 Journal Article
%T Non-manual elements of sign language acquisition
%A Kotowicz, Justyna
%J Developmental Psychology
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/20843879PR.16.001.4790
%N Volume 21, Issue 1
%P 9-18
%K sign language acquisition, non-manual elements of the sign language
%@ 1895-6297
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/psychologia-rozwojowa/article/nabywanie-niemanualnych-elementow-jezyka-migowego
%X The sign language contains manual signs and non-manual components which be can used as markers for certain grammatical structures. This article presents the process of acquisition of non-manual sign language elements in children whose first of communication is the sign language. This analysis includes grammatical structures that are signalled non-manually: negation, adverbial, wh-question, closed-ended question, conditional clause and topicalisation (emphasis on the sentence topic). We also present a discussion about the mechanisms of acquiring non-manual elements of the sign language.