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This book presents a study of the development of time reference in young children acquiring Inuktitut as a first language. The first such study of an Eskimo-Aleut language, its account of children's development of time reference in a system that is fundamentally different from those found in languages previously studied makes a unique contribution to the literature on the acquisition of tense and aspect. Drawing on longitudinal spontaneous speech data from eight Inuit children between 2 and 3-and-a-half years old, this study analyzes the temporal structures, their meanings and context of use in children's communicative interactions-with siblings, peers and caretakers during the early stages of language development. The comprehensive study of previously unexplored temporal phenomena and its unprecedented findings makes this book an important resource for researchers, teachers and students of child language development, especially the development of time reference. In addition, the documentation of the Inuktitut temporal system, especially as used in conversational speech, will be of interest to researchers of time refer.

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Author:   Mary D. Swift
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter Mouton
Volume:   24
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9783110181203

ISBN 10:   3110181207
Pages:   327
Publication Date:   26 May 2004
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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In her book, Swift reveals this fascinating analysis of a relatively unusual language, with numerous examples and an extensive appendix, making the presentation interesting and understandable. Richard M.Weist in: Journal of Child Language, 31, 2005

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Mary Swift is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Language Sciences an der University of Rochester, NY, USA.

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