Typological Shift in Bilinguals’ L1: Word Order and Case Marking in Two Varieties of Child Quechua

We compare speech production and find morphosyntactic change among children and adolescents speaking two closely related varieties of Quechua in Cuzco, Peru, and Chuquisaca, Bolivia. Quechua languages traditionally employ Object-Verb (OV) word order in main clauses, but robust case marking permits o...

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Main Authors: Susan E. Kalt, Jonathan A. Geary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/6/1/42

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