Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition

<p>Extending the tradition of this series, which has become a standard reference work in language acquisition, this volume contains chapters on seven more languages, including a section on ergative languages. Languages in this volume include:<br><br>* Georgian<br><br>* Greenlandic<br><br>* K'iche Mayan<br><br>*Warlpiri<br><br>* Mandarin<br><br>* Scandinavian<br><br>* Sesotho</p> <p><b>Contents: D.I. Slobin,</b> Introduction. <b>Part I:</b><i>Ergative Languages.</i><b>R.D. Van Valin, Jr.,</b> An Overview of Ergative Phenomena and Their Implications for Language Acquisition. <b>N. Imedadze, K. Tuite,</b> The Acquisition of Georgian. <b>M. Fortescue, L.L. Olsen,</b> The Acquisition of West Greenlandic. <b>C. Pye,</b> The Acquisition of K'iche Maya. <b>E.L. Bavin,</b> The Acquisition of Warlpiri. <b>Part II:</b><i>Non-Ergative Languages.</i><b>M.S. Erbaugh,</b> The Acquisition of Mandarin. <b>K. Plunkett, S. Stromqvist,</b> The Acquisition of Scandinavian Languages. <b>K. Demuth,</b> The Acquisition of Sesotho.</p>