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Abstract
This chapter reports on initial findings of an ongoing large-scale research project into the acquisition of Murrinhpatha, a polysynthetic language of the Daly River region of the Northern Territory of Australia with complex morphology. The complex verbal structures in Murrinhpatha, which can contain a large number of morphemes and bipartite stem morphology discontinuously distributed throughout the verbal template, raise a multitude of questions for acquisition. In this chapter we focus particularly on the acquisition of the complex predicate system in the verb, and the acquisition of subject-marking categories and tense/aspect/mood. Our findings are based on the language development of five Murrinhpatha acquiring children aged from 2;7–4;11 years.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Oxford handbook of polysynthesis |
Editors | Michael Fortescue, Marianne Mithun, Nicholas Evans |
Place of Publication | Oxford |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Chapter | 23 |
Pages | 473-494 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780199683208 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- acquisition
- polysynthesis
- bipartite stem
- complex verbs
- language development
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He's not heavy, he's my brother: The acquisition of kinship terminology in a morphologically complex Australian Language
1/02/16 → 31/12/17
Project: Research