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1 online resource |
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Trends in language acquisition research, 1569-0644 ; 14 |
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Trends in language acquisition research ; 14.
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| Contents |
The Acquisition of Inflection in Q'anjob'al Maya; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Sociolinguistic context of Mayan languages, in particular Q'anjob'al; 1.2 Grammatical background of Q'anjob'al; 1.2.1 Verb inflection in imperative clauses; 1.2.2 Verb inflection in indicative clauses; 1.2.2.1 Aspect; 1.2.1.2 Ergative and absolutive morphemes; 1.2.2.3 Status suffixes; 1.2.3 Verb morphology in aspectless complement clauses; 1.2.4 Split Ergativity in Q'anjob'al; 1.2.5 Summary |
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1.3 Previous Studies on the Acquisition of Mayan Languages1.4 Previous Studies on the Acquisition of Inflection in Mayan languages; 1.4.1 K'iche'; 1.4.2 Yucatec; 1.4.3 Tzotzil; 1.4.4 Tzeltal; 1.5 The present study; 1.6 Conclusion; 1.7 An overview of the book; 2. Theoretical background; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Theories of the acquisition of inflectional morphemes; 2.2.1 Agreement or Tense Omission Model; 2.2.2 The truncation hypothesis; 2.2.3 The Modal Hypothesis; 2.2.4 The Auxiliary Complement Hypothesis; 2.2.5 Imperative Analogue Hypothesis; 2.2.6 Minimal Word Constraint; 2.2.7 Summary |
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2.3 Research questions2.4 Conclusion; 3. Methodology; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Subjects; 3.3 Data collection; 3.3.1 Transcriptions; 3.3.2 Coding; 3.3.2.1 Qanform; 3.3.2.2 Qanverb; 3.3.2.3 Qancord; 3.4 Criteria for identifying verbs and clauses; 3.5 Analyses; 3.5.1 Verb form analysis; 3.5.2 Frequency; 3.5.3 Productivity analysis; 3.5.4 Error analysis; 3.5.5 Syllable structures and word order effects in inflectional morphemes; 4. Acquisition of intransitive verbs; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Intransitive verb forms; 4.2.1 Xhuw's intransitive verb forms; 4.2.2 Xhim's intransitive verb forms |
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4.2.3 Tum's intransitive verb forms4.2.4 Summary; 4.3 Frequency of intransitive inflections; 4.3.1 Frequency of Xhuw's intransitive inflections; 4.3.2 Frequency of Xhim's intransitive inflections; 4.3.3 Frequency of Tum's intransitive inflections; 4.3.4 Summary; 4.4 Productivity of intransitive inflections; 4.4.1 Xhuw's productivity of intransitive inflections; 4.4.2 Xhim's productivity of intransitive inflections; 4.4.3 Tum's productivity of intransitive inflections; 4.4.4 Summary; 4.5 Errors; 4.5.1 Overextension and omission of status suffixes |
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4.5.2 Status suffixes with incorrect aspect or incorrect clause4.5.3 Independent pronouns; 4.5.4 Intransitive verbs in aspectless complement clauses; 4.5.5 Summary; 4.6 Conclusion; 4.7 Relationship of data and theories; 5. Acquisition of transitive verbs; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Transitive verb forms; 5.2.1 Xhuw's transitive verb forms; 5.2.2 Xhim's transitive verb forms; 5.2.3 Tum's transitive verb forms; 5.2.4 Summary; 5.3 Frequency of transitive inflection; 5.3.1 Xhuw's frequency of transitive inflections; 5.3.2 Xhim's frequency of transitive inflections |
| Summary |
Most studies on the acquisition of verbal inflection have examined languages with a single verb suffix. This book offers a study on the acquisition of verb inflections in Q'anjob'al Maya. Q'anjob'al has separate inflections for aspect, subject and object agreement, and status suffixes. The subject and object inflections display a split ergative pattern. The subjects of intransitive verbs with aspect markers take absolutive markers, whereas the subjects of aspectless intransitive verbs take ergative markers. The acquisition of three types of clauses is explored in detail (imperatives, indicativ |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Kanjobal language -- Verb
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Kanjobal language -- Inflection
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Kanjobal language -- Grammar
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
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Kanjobal language -- Grammar
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015020712 |
| ISBN |
9789027268303 |
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9027268304 |
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9027244030 |
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9789027244031 |
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