By Mary D. Swift
ISBN-10: 3110181207
ISBN-13: 9783110181203
This publication provides a examine of the advance of time reference in childrens buying Inuktitut as a primary language. the 1st such learn of an Eskimo-Aleut language, its account of kid's improvement of time reference in a approach that's essentially diversified from these present in languages formerly studied makes a distinct contribution to the literature at the acquisition of annoying and element. Drawing on longitudinal spontaneous speech info from 8 Inuit teenagers among 2 and 3-and-a-half years outdated, this learn analyzes the temporal constructions, their meanings and context of use in kid's communicative interactions with siblings, friends and caretakers in the course of the early phases of language improvement. the great research of formerly unexplored temporal phenomena and its extraordinary findings makes this booklet an immense source for researchers, lecturers and scholars of kid language improvement, specifically the improvement of time reference. furthermore, the documentation of the Inuktitut temporal process, in particular as utilized in conversational speech, can be of curiosity to researchers of time reference.
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