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The Mayan languages / edited by Judith Aissen, Nora C. England, and Roberto Zavala Maldonado.
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English
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
©2017
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xii, 777 pages ; 25 cm.
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Mayan languages
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Mayan languages
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History
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Mayan languages
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Social aspects
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Indigenous peoples of Mexico
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Languages
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History
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Historical linguistics
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Mexico
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Mexico
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Civilization
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Mexico
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Languages
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History
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Indigenous Studies
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Editor
Aissen, Judith, 1948-
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England, Nora C.
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Zavala, Roberto
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Contributor
Aissen, Judith, 1948-
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England, Nora C.
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Zavala, Roberto
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Series
Routledge language family series
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Summary note
The Mayan Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the language family associated with the Classic Mayan civilization (AD 200-900), a family whose individual languages are still spoken today by at least six million indigenous Maya in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. This unique resource is an ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mayan languages and linguistics. Written by a team of experts in the field, The Mayan Languages presents in-depth accounts of the linguistic features that characterize the thirty-one languages of the family, their historical evolution, and the social context in which they are spoken.0The Mayan Languages: provides detailed grammatical sketches of approximately a third of the Mayan languages, representing most of the branches of the family; includes a section on the historical development of the family, as well as an entirely new sketch of the grammar of "Classic Maya" as represented in the hieroglyphic script; provides detailed state-of-the-art discussions of the principal advances in grammatical analysis of Mayan languages; includes ample discussion of the use of the languages in social, conversational, and poetic contexts. Consisting of topical chapters on the typology, history, sociolinguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and acquisition of the Mayan languages, this book will be a resource for researchers and other readers with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology, language acquisition, and linguistic typology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1 Introduction / Judith Aissen Aissen, Judith, Nora C. England England, Nora C., Roberto Zavala Maldonado Maldonado, Roberto Zavala 1
Part 1 Language Development, History, and Change
2 Mayan language acquisition / Clifton Pye Pye, Clifton, Barbara Pfeiler Pfeiler, Barbara, Pedro Mateo Pedro Pedro, Pedro Mateo 19
3 Mayan history and comparison / Lyle Campbell Campbell, Lyle 43
4 Aspects of the lexicon of proto-Mayan and its earliest descendants / Terrence Kaufman Kaufman, Terrence 62
5 Language contacts with(in) Mayan / Danny Law Law, Danny 112
6 Classic Mayan: An of overview of language in ancient hieroglyphic script / Danny Law Law, Danny, David Smart Smart, David 128
Part 2 Grammar
7 Phonology and phonetics / Nora C. England England, Nora C., Brandon O. Baird Baird, Brandon O. 175
8 Morphology / Gilles Polian Polian, Gilles 201
9 Alignment patterns / Roberto Zavala Maldonado Maldonado, Roberto Zavala 226
10 Complement clauses / Judith Aissen Aissen, Judith 259
11 Information structure in Mayan / Judith Aissen Aissen, Judith 293
Part 3 Semantics
12 Organization of space / Jurgen Bolmemeyer Bolmemeyer, Jurgen 327
13 Focus, interrogation, and indefinites / Scott AnderBois AnderBois, Scott 348
14 Pluraetionality in Mayan Robert Henderson 362
Part 4 Language in Context
15 The labyrinth of diversity: The sociolinguistics of Mayan languages / Sergio Romero Romero, Sergio 379
16 Mayan conversation and interaction / John B. Haviland Haviland, John B. 401
17 Poetics / Rusty Barren Barren, Rusty 433
Part 5 Grammar Sketches
18 K'iche' / Telma A. Can Pixabaj Pixabaj, Telma A. Can 461
19 Mum / Nora C. England England, Nora C. 500
20 Q'anjob'al / Eladio Mateo Toledo Toledo, Eladio Mateo 533
21 Tojolahal / Alejandro Curiel Ramírez del Prado Prado, Alejandro Curiel Ramírez del 570
22 Tseltal and Tsotsil / Gilles Polian Polian, Gilles 610
23 Ch'ol / Jessica Coon Coon, Jessica 648
24 Comparative Maya (Yucatec, Lacandon, Itzaj, and Mopan Maya) / Charles Andrew Hofling Hofling, Charles Andrew 685.
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ISBN
9780415738026 (hardcover)
0415738024 (hardcover)
LCCN
2016049735
OCLC
975371814
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