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Direct linkMateo Pedro, Pedro – First Language, 2021
Causatives have received considerable attention in first language acquisition. Of Mayan languages, acquisition of the causative has only been investigated for K'iche' and Tzotzil, based on longitudinal and spontaneous data. K'iche'-speaking children do not acquire morphological causatives until the age of 3 years, while children acquiring Tzotzil…
Descriptors: Mayan Languages, Language Acquisition, Native Language, Preschool Children
Casillas, Marisa; Brown, Penelope; Levinson, Stephen C. – Child Development, 2020
Daylong at-home audio recordings from 10 Tseltal Mayan children (0;2-3;0; Southern Mexico) were analyzed for how often children engaged in verbal interaction with others and whether their speech environment changed with age, time of day, household size, and number of speakers present. Children were infrequently directly spoken to, with most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Verbal Communication, Interaction, Speech Communication
