The Mayan antipassive Some facts and fictions
El antipasivo maya Realidad y ficción
Object Details
| Subject Language | Poqomam K'ichee' Ixil Popti' Q'eqchi' Chuj Tzotzil Maya, Yucatec Mam Awakateko Tzeltal English |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119671 ailla:119620 ailla:119533 ailla:119519 ailla:119690 ailla:119647 ailla:119665 ailla:119573 ailla:119520 ailla:119668 ailla:119666 ailla:119495 |
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| Title | The Mayan antipassive Some facts and fictions |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | United States |
| Place Created | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Date Created | 1978 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
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| Description | In this paper, I will present some of the problems encountered. My data comes primarily from Pocomam, Quíche, Kekchi, Ixil, and Jacaltec since those are the languages on whích I have the most data available. It also turns out that an interesting variety of data is thereby accumulated. I will also add fragmentary data from other languages to the extent that I can. I will show that what amount to different uses of the antipassive in some languages (Pocomam and Ixil, for example) correspond to completely different verb forms in others (Quiche and Jacaltec, for example). I will introduce terminology which will enable one to differentiate these various functions and forms. I will also show that there are significant differences across the family in the formal characteristics of the antipassive when appearing in its agent promotion function. The degree to which it resembles an intransitive verb and the method by whích it receives person marking vary in interesting ways. Finally, I will turn to the implications of this data for comparative Mayan. Despite the anomalies and variation, a great number of similarities will be seen across the family. A good deal more knowledge and analysis is undoubtedly necessary before the whole picture for proto-Mayan can be outlined. Nevertheless, I will propose two hypotheses concerning the nature of antipassive-like phenomena in proto-Mayan. |
| Genres | Article |
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| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Smith-Stark, Thomas C. (Author) |
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