The acquisition of ergative marking in Kaluli, Ku Waru and Duna (Trans New Guinea)
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Rumsey, Alan; San Roque, Lila; Schieffelin, Bambi B
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In this chapter we present material on the acquisition of ergative marking on noun phrases in three languages of Papua New Guinea: Kaluli, Ku Waru, and Duna. The expression of ergativity in all the languages is broadly similar, but sensitive to language-specific features, and this pattern of similarity and difference is reflected in the available acquisition data. Children acquire adult-like ergative marking at about the same pace, reaching similar levels of mastery by 3;00 despite considerable...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Rumsey, Alan | |
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dc.contributor.author | San Roque, Lila | |
dc.contributor.author | Schieffelin, Bambi B | |
dc.contributor.editor | Edith L. Bavin | |
dc.contributor.editor | Sabine Stoll | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:36:01Z | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9789027234797 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/35083 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this chapter we present material on the acquisition of ergative marking on noun phrases in three languages of Papua New Guinea: Kaluli, Ku Waru, and Duna. The expression of ergativity in all the languages is broadly similar, but sensitive to language-specific features, and this pattern of similarity and difference is reflected in the available acquisition data. Children acquire adult-like ergative marking at about the same pace, reaching similar levels of mastery by 3;00 despite considerable differences in morphological complexity of ergative marking among the languages. What may be more important � as a factor in accounting for the relative uniformity of acquisition in this respect � are the similarities in patterns of interactional scaffolding that emerge from a comparison of the three cases. | |
dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company | |
dc.relation.ispartof | The Acquisition of Ergativity | |
dc.title | The acquisition of ergative marking in Kaluli, Ku Waru and Duna (Trans New Guinea) | |
dc.type | Book chapter | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160103 - Linguistic Anthropology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200408 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | |
local.identifier.absfor | 179999 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4455832xPUB120 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Rumsey, Alan, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | San Roque, Lila, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Schieffelin, Bambi B, New York University | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 133 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 182 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1075/tilar.9.06rum | |
local.identifier.absseo | 950201 - Communication Across Languages and Culture | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970120 - Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-12-13T07:26:38Z | |
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublication | Amsterdam | |
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