Locative terms and Warlpiri acquisition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20366291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E L Bavin (0000-0002-7580-149X, La Trobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-66 |
| Publication date | 1990-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s030500090001309x |
| PMID | 2312645 |
| OpenAlex | W2170559003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Cognitive complexity and complexity of linguistic structure have been found to influence the order of acquisition of locatives. In Warlpiri, locative terms are nominals and they are used in combination with a locative case marker on the reference object; directional affixes may be added to them. Data from a series of tests of Warlpiri children's comprehension and production of the Warlpiri expressions that may be translated as ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘under’, ‘in front of’, ‘behind’ and ‘between’ indicate that the locative case forms are used first without the more specific locative nominals; young children distinguish an ‘up-down’ dimension but not ‘in’, and the reference object influences how the locative term is interpreted; kamparru-pirdangirli (‘front-behind’) is not one dimension for children aged four to five years; kulkurru ‘between’ is understood before kamparru ‘front’ and pirdangirli ‘behind’; the use of features on a reference object for orientation develops at around six, but the orientation of the reference object, as well as features on the placed object may affect interpretation
Comprehension · Linguistics · Locative case · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Non-linguistic strategies and the acquisition of word meanings
Investigating Obsolescence
Young children's understanding of ‘in front of’ and ‘behind’ in the placement of objects
More on the acquisition of locative prepositions
The development of locative expressions in English, Italian, Serbo-Croatian and Turkish
Children's acquisition of Warlpiri
In, on, under
Studies in the Acquisition of Deictic Terms
Innovations and neutralizations in the Warlpiri pronominal system
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2014 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |