Publications

Publication details [#29841]

Léon, Lourdes de. 1994. Exploration in the acquisition of geocentric location by Tzotzil children. Linguistics 32 (4/5) : 857–884.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child language | L1-acquisition | language proficiency | location description | spatial adverbial

Language as a subject

Tzotzil

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0024-3949

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

This paper examines the acquisition of a geocentric locative system by Tzotzil-speaking children in Zinacantán, Mexico. It is suggested that the presence of a geocentric system in grammar may entail more rapid acquisition of a spatial skill in children.