On the acquisition of distributivity in Yudja

This paper explores the acquisition of distributivity in Yudja (Tupi, Brazil) based on a study with children and adults. In this paper, we explore experimentally the hypothesis discussed in previous work (LIMA, 2008) that verbal reduplication is a pluractional marker (LASERSOHN, 2005) that also conv...

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Main Author: Suzi Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2017-06-01
Series:Revista de Estudos da Linguagem
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Online Access:http://periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/relin/article/view/11358