Learning Indigenous Languages: Child Language Acquisition in Mesoamerica /

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
MitwirkendeR:
Brown, Penelope,
Carreón, Carlos Carrillo,
López, Paula Gómez,
Mateo, Pedro,
Pfeiler, Barbara,
Pye, Clifton,
de León, Lourdes,
de López, Kristine Jensen,
HerausgeberIn:
Pfeiler, Barbara,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2007
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] , 33
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Physical Description:1 online resource (209 p.) :; Num. figs. and ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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