The acquisition of directives in North Saami

• Main Author: Ijäs, Johanna Johansen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Northern Sami
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2021
• Subjects: modalitehta; direktiiva; imperatiiva; giellaoččodeapmi; mánáidgiella; sámegiella; modality; directive; imperative; child language acquisition; Saami language; Gielas; saami
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SDA/article/view/7728; https://doi.org/10.7557/sda.7728

This article examines the acquisition of directives in a North Saami-speaking child between the ages of 1;8 and 3;0. The research questions are: How does the child express directives linguistically? How does the acquisition of directives develop in this period? Is the use of directives influenced by...