Screen LibraryLearning indigenous languages: child language acquisition in Mesoamerica /
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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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
2011. ©2007 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Studies on language acquisition [sola] ;
volume 33 |
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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). |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vi, 209 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783110923148 |
| Index Number: | P118 |
| CLC: | H0 |
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Frontmatter -- 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 |