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Direct linkNorcliffe, Elisabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Many Mayan languages make use of a special dependent verb form (the Agent Focus, or AF verb form), which alternates with the normal transitive verb form (the synthetic verb form) of main clauses when the subject of a transitive verb is focused, questioned or relativized. It has been a centerpiece of research in Mayan morphosyntax over the last…
Descriptors: Verbs, Maya (People), Language Usage, Grammar
Feurer, Hanny – 1980
The spontaneous speech of a Mohawk-speaking boy was recorded from age 2;10 to 4;1. Analysis of this speech indicated that certain verbal prefixes are acquired earlier than suffixes. The pronominal prefix of nouns, on the other hand, enters late. Yet, before the appearance of any nominal affix, the child already uses a pronominal possessive as a…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
