UID:
edocfu_9958355231402883
Format:
1 online resource (215p.):
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Num. figs. and ill.
ISBN:
9783110923148
Series Statement:
Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] ; 33
Content:
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).
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction: The view from Mesoamerica --
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Roots or Edges? Explaining variation in children’s early verb forms across five Mayan languages --
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Explaining Ergativity --
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Early acquisition of the Split Intransitive System in Yukatek --
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A preliminary view at Ch’ol (Mayan) early lexicon: The role of language and cultural context --
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Acquisition of referential and relational words in Huichol: from 16 to 24 months of age --
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Culture-specific influences on semantic development: Learning the Tzeltal ‘benefactive’ construction --
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Bcuaa quiang – I stepped HEAD it! The acquisition of Zapotec bodypart locatives --
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“Lo oye, lo repite y lo piensa.” The contribution of prompting to the socialization and language acquisition in Yukatek Maya toddlers --
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List of contributors --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-019559-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110923148
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110923148
