Acquisition of Eegimaa (Atlantic family, Niger-Congo) in a polyadic environment: A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022)

Serge Sagna; Virve Vihman; Dunstan Brown

doi:10.1177/01427237221094732

Acquisition of Eegimaa (Atlantic family, Niger-Congo) in a polyadic environment: A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022)

Serge Sagna, Virve Vihman, Dunstan Brown

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Research on lesser studied languages is vital for the advancement of theories of language acquisition. We discuss two areas where data from Eegimaa have the potential to produce innovative research: (1) language typology, with an overview of the complex demonstratives found in this language, and (2) learning environment and input speech. Here, we show that Eegimaa children learn to speak in a polyadic environment, where they receive input from multiple caregivers, siblings and other members of their community.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	809-813
Number of pages	5
Journal	First Language
Volume	42
Issue number	6
Early online date	9 May 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237221094732
Publication status	Published - 9 May 2022

Keywords

Atlantic
Casamance
Niger-Congo
Senegal
child-directed speech
demonstratives
multilingualism
typology

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