The Acquisition of Inflection in Q’anjob’al Maya
( Trends in Language Acquisition Research )
Publication series ： Trends in Language Acquisition Research
Author： Pedro Mateo Pedro
Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication year： 2015
E-ISBN: 9789027268303
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789027244031
Subject： H83 Americas Languages
Keyword： Language acquisitionLanguages of North AmericaMorphologySyntaxTheoretical linguistics
Language： ENG
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Description
The Acquisition of Inflection in Q’anjob’al Maya is an excellent example of the insights that can be gained by testing existing theoretical approaches to acquisition on less familiar languages––in this case, the rich inflectional system of Q’anjob’al. Through careful longitudinal studies of three Q’anjob’al-speaking children, Pedro Mateo Pedro combines careful empirical description and documentation with new theoretical insights. This book will be of great value to scholars in the areas of acquisition, Mayan linguistics, and experimental work on understudied languages more generally.