Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Inuktitut; Chapter 3 Time reference in Inuktitut; Chapter 4 The development of time reference in child language: A review of the literature; Chapter 5 Methodology; Chapter 6 Early verb development in Inuktitut; Chapter 7 Zero-marked verbs in early Inuktitut; Chapter 8 Aspectual suffixes in early Inuktitut; Chapter 9 Future temporal remoteness in early Inuktitut; Chapter 10 Past temporal remoteness in early Inuktitut; Chapter 11 Temporal adverbials and temporal clause coordination in early Inuktitut; Chapter 12 Summary and conclusions
Summary
This book presents a study of the development of time reference in young children acquiring Inuktitut as a first language. The first such study of an Eskimo-Aleut language, it makes a unique contribution to the tense-aspect acquisition literature with an
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-312) and index
