Modality in Saami-speaking kindergarten and school children

• Main Author: Johansen Ijäs, Johanna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Northern Sami
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2021
• Subjects: modality; child language; North Saami language; kindergarten; modalitehta; mánáidgiella; davvisámegiella; mánáidgárdi; skuvla; Gielas; saami
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SDA/article/view/6707; https://doi.org/10.7557/sda.6707

This article examines modal expressions in Saami-speaking kindergarten andschool children aged 4-8 years. The aim is to explore the ways in which childrenuse language to express different types of modality, and to investigate whetherthere are similarities and/or differences between kindergarten chil...