Learning Indigenous Languages: Child Language Acquisition in Mesoamerica

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Learning Indigenous Languages: Child Language Acquisition in Mesoamerica

Edited by: Barbara Pfeiler

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2007

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Volume 33 | Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

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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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Barbara Pfeiler, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico.

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Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
Introduction: The view from Mesoamerica Barbara Pfeiler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Roots or Edges? Explaining variation in children’s early verb forms across five Mayan languages Clifton Pye, Barbara Pfeiler, Lourdes de León, Penelope Brown and Pedro Mateo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
Explaining Ergativity Clifton Pye Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
Early acquisition of the Split Intransitive System in Yukatek Carlos Carrillo Carreón Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
A preliminary view at Ch’ol (Mayan) early lexicon: The role of language and cultural context Lourdes de León Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
Acquisition of referential and relational words in Huichol: from 16 to 24 months of age Paula Gómez López Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
Culture-specific influences on semantic development: Learning the Tzeltal ‘benefactive’ construction Penelope Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
Bcuaa quiang – I stepped HEAD it! The acquisition of Zapotec bodypart locatives Kristine Jensen de López Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
“Lo oye, lo repite y lo piensa.” The contribution of prompting to the socialization and language acquisition in Yukatek Maya toddlers Barbara Pfeiler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	183
List of contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205

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eBook published on:

December 22, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110923148

Hardcover published on:

August 20, 2007

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110195590

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Front matter:

6

Main content:

209

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110923148

eBook ISBN: 9783110923148

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110195590

Keywords for this book

Indigenous languages; Mesoamerica; Language Acquisition.

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Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students of Linguistics with a Focus on First Language Acquisition and Indigenous Languages

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