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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821739603321

Autore

Allen Shanley

Titolo

Aspects of argument structure acquisition in Inuktitut / / Shanley E. M. Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing, 1996

ISBN

1-282-16335-3

9786612163357

90-272-9915-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 pages)

Collana

Language acquisition & language disorders, , 0925-0123 ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

497/.1

Soggetti

Inuktitut dialect - Acquisition

Inuktitut dialect - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ASPECTS OF ARGUMENT STRUCTURE ACQUISITION IN INUKTITUT; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1995 Book Award; Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Background and Overview; Chapter 2. Methodology; Chapter 3. Acquisition of passives; Chapter 4. Acquisition of causatives; Chapter 5. Acquisition of noun incorporation; Chapter 6. Conclusion; References; Appendix A. Map indicating location of Quaqtaq; Appendix B. List of (meta)transcription notations; Appendix C. List of codes for verbal utterances; Appendix D. Sample of fully coded transcript;  Index of Languages; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects; The Series LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the first language acquisition of three morphosyntactic mechanisms of transitivity alternation in arctic Quebec Inuktitut. Data derive from naturalistic longitudinal spontaneous speech samples collected over a nine-month period from four Inuit children. Both basic and advanced forms of passive structures are shown to be used productively by Inuktitut-speaking children at an early age relative to English-speaking children, but consistent in age with speakers of non-Indo-European languages reported on in the literature.