Experiential constructions in Yucatec Maya : a typologically based analysis of a functional domain in a Mayan language /

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This book combines a fieldwork-based language-specific analysis with a typological investigation. It offers a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the form and semantics of experiencer constructions in Yucatec, the Mayan language of the Yucatecan peninsula in Mexico. Since the linguistic expressio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Verhoeven, Elisabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 87.
Subjects:
Maya language > Grammar.
Language and languages.
Language
Maya (Langue) > Grammaire.
Langage et langues.
languages (study discipline)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Language and languages
Maya language > Grammar
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Experiential Constructions in Yucatec Maya; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical preliminaries; 3. Universals and typology of experiential constructions; 4. Introduction to Yucatec Maya; 5. Experiential constructions; 6. Grammatical properties of experiencers; 7. Complementation with experiential predicates; 8. Person and body parts in experiential collocations; 9. Conclusions; References; Index; The series Studies in Language Companion Series.

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