The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, Volume 3

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Extending the tradition of this series, which has become a standard reference work in language acquisition, this volume contains chapters on seven more languages, including a section on ergative languages. Languages in this volume include: Georgian, Greenlandic, K'iche Mayan, Warlpiri, Mandarin, Scandinavian, Sesotho. Contents Format and Abbreviations for Glosses Introduction • Dan I. Slobin ERGATIVE LANGUAGES 1. An Overview of Ergative Phenomena and Their Implications for Language Acquisition • Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. 2. The Acquisition of Georgian • Natela lmedadze and Kevin Tuite 3. The Acquisition of West Greenlandic • Michael Fortescue and Use Lennert Olsen 4. The Acquisition of K’iche’ Maya • Clifton Pye 5. The Acquisition of Warlpiri • Edith L. Bavin NON-ERGATIVE LANGUAGES 6. The Acquisition of Mandarin • Mary S. Erbaugh 7. The Acquisition of Scandinavian Languages • Kim Plunkett and Sven Stromqvist 8. The Acquisition of Sesotho • Katherine Demuth Subject Index Author Index