Study Finds Non-Māori Speakers in New Zealand Have Sophisticated Grasp of Māori Language
Could Californians, or others exposed to Spanish regularly, have built their own proto-lexicon? “I definitely think that there is a lot of potential that a very similar thing is happening with Spanish in California, and in other parts of the U.S.,” Todd said. “So that’s something that I’m really interested to look into further: Does this result that we’ve found for Māori in New Zealand generalize? Spanish in Santa Barbara is a great test case for that because it is widely used in the area.” Looking ahead, two follow-up studies will take deeper looks at the proto-lexicon, Todd s...
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