Baby Talk and the Genesis of Some Basic Pomo Words.

Oswalt, Robert L.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Baby Talk and the Genesis of Some Basic Pomo Words

Oswalt, Robert L.

International Journal of American Linguistics, 42, 1, 1-13, Jan 76

A phonological and syntactic study of a small important group of nonarbitrary terms in Pomo baby talk that are concerned with elemental body needs. A progression is shown from sound images closely associated with the action state or object denoted to the phonological patterns of adult languages. (SCC)

Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Child Language, Early Experience, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Phonology, Pomo, Syntax, Verbal Development

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Identifiers - Location: California

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