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Download full textPye, Clifton – 1980
The speech of three Quiche Mayan children aged 2;1, 2;9, and 3;0 was monitored for the acquisition of the distinction between ergative and absolutive person markers. The children were found not to confuse markers, but to use either the appropriate one or none at all. The one exception to this rule, when analyzed, indicates that children grasp the…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research
