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The Development of Possession in the L1 Acquisition of Northern East Cree
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Henke, Ryan E. – Journal of Child Language, 2019
This study presents the first investigation of the development of possessive constructions in Northern East Cree, a polysynthetic language indigenous to Canada. It examines transcripts from naturalistic recording sessions involving one adult and one child, from age 2;01.12 to 3;08.24. Findings reveal that, despite the frequency of possessive…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Morphology (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, Child Language