Learning Indigenous Languages: Child Language Acquisition in Mesoamerica / / ed. by Barbara Pfeiler.
This book includes six studies on the acquisition of single Mesoamerican indigenous languages, (Huichol, Zapotec, and the Mayan languages Ch'ol, Tzeltal, K'iche', and Yukatek); and a crosslinguistic study of five Mayan languages (K'anjob'al, K'iche', Tzeltal, Tzotz...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011] ©2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (209 p.) :; Num. figs. and ill. |
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Other title: | i-iv -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The view from Mesoamerica -- Roots or Edges? Explaining variation in children’s early verb forms across five Mayan languages -- Explaining Ergativity -- Early acquisition of the Split Intransitive System in Yukatek -- A preliminary view at Ch’ol (Mayan) early lexicon: The role of language and cultural context -- Acquisition of referential and relational words in Huichol: from 16 to 24 months of age -- Culture-specific influences on semantic development: Learning the Tzeltal ‘benefactive’ construction -- Bcuaa quiang – I stepped HEAD it! The acquisition of Zapotec bodypart locatives -- “Lo oye, lo repite y lo piensa.” The contribution of prompting to the socialization and language acquisition in Yukatek Maya toddlers -- List of contributors -- Index |
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Summary: | This book includes six studies on the acquisition of single Mesoamerican indigenous languages, (Huichol, Zapotec, and the Mayan languages Ch'ol, Tzeltal, K'iche', and Yukatek); and a crosslinguistic study of five Mayan languages (K'anjob'al, K'iche', Tzeltal, Tzotzil, and Yukatek). Three topics are theoretically and methodologically discussed and empirically demonstrated: with respect to ergativity, the ergative-absolutive cross-referencing pattern on the morphological level, noun-verb distinction and the acquisition of body-part locatives in the early lexicon, and the role of semantic properties and cultural context in language acquisition and socialization. This book makes important claims regarding the methodology of cross-linguistic studies as well as the results of these studies and the comparative method used in the book (structural and discursive factors in language acquisition, cross-linguistic relationships and variation). |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110923148 9783110238570 9783110238457 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110277135 9783110277197 9783110277166 9783110276909 |
ISSN: | 1861-4248 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110923148 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Barbara Pfeiler. |