1. The acquisition of ergativity (by Stoll, Sabine); 2. Ergativity: Some recurrent themes (by Comrie, Bernard); 3. Ergativity in child Basque (by Austin, Jennifer R.); 4. The acquisition of ergativity in Inuktitut (by Allen, Shanley E.M.); 5. The acquisition of ergative case in Warlpiri (by Bavin, Edith L.); 6. The acquisition of ergative marking in Kaluli, Ku Waru and Duna (Trans New Guinea) (by Rumsey, Allan); 7. The acquisition of ergative case in Chintang (by Stoll, Sabine); 8. Ergative case-marking in Hindi child-caregiver speech (by Narasimhan, Bhuvana); 9. The acquisition of split-ergative case marking in Kurmanji Kurdish (by Mahalingappa, Laura J.); 10. The acquisition of agreement in four Mayan languages (by Brown, Penelope); 11. The acquisition of extended ergativity in Mam, Q'anjob'al and Yucatec (by Pye, Clifton); 12. Index
This important and path-breaking book will be a treat for
researchers who work on ergativity. And psychologists who find it
difficult to imagine alternative universes will be taken on a
voyage of discovery, led by skilled guides. Prevailing acquisition
models are challenged by the diversity of ergative systems. This
book presents the diversity clearly enough to stimulate new
thinking about child language, as well as linguistic
universals.
*Dan I. Slobin, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Linguistics,
University of California, Berkeley*
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