UID:
almafu_9959232886202883
Format:
1 online resource (328 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-39648-3
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9786613396488
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3-11-019741-3
Series Statement:
Studies on language acquisition ; 24
Content:
This book presents a study of the development of time reference in young children acquiring Inuktitut as a first language. The first such study of an Eskimo-Aleut language, it makes a unique contribution to the tense-aspect acquisition literature with an account of children's development of a temporal system that is fundamentally different from those found in languages previously studied. Drawing on spontaneous speech data collected longitudinally from eight Inuit children between 2 and 3-and-a-half years old, this study analyzes the temporal structures, their meanings and context of use in the children's communicative interactions with siblings, peers and caretakers during the early stages of language development.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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PhD Dissertation University of Rochester 2003.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Chapter 1. Introduction --
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Chapter 2. Inuktitut --
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Chapter 3. Time reference in Inuktitut --
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Chapter 4. The development of time reference in child language: A review of the literature --
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Chapter 5. Methodology --
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Chapter 6. Early verb development in Inuktitut --
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Chapter 7. Zero-marked verbs in early Inuktitut --
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Chapter 8. Aspectual suffixes in early Inuktitut --
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Chapter 9. Future temporal remoteness in early Inuktitut --
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Chapter 10. Past temporal remoteness in early Inuktitut --
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Chapter 11. Temporal adverbials and temporal clause coordination in early Inuktitut --
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Chapter 12. Summary and conclusions --
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Back matter
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-018120-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110197419
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