The Structure and Function of Nootkan Baby Talk

Autor:	Kess, Joseph F., Copeland, Anita M.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	Nootka language Wakashan languages Language acquisition Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
Zdroj:	Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol 9, Iss , Pp 81-93 (1984)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2378-7600 1043-3805
DOI:	10.17161/KWPL.1808.491
Popis:	This paper deals with the structure and function of baby talk in two Nootkan languages, Ahousaht and Nitinaht. Although the baby talk registers in both of these languages appear to be simplified, it is likely that the primary function of baby talk in Nootkan is an affective one. Comparison is made between both the suppletive and non-suppletive forms in the baby talk register and the normal adult forms. Attention is called to the borrowing of baby talk terms across Northwest Coast languages, as well as to the fact that the baby talk register may be an indicator of the vitality of declining languages such as Ahousaht and Nitinaht.
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