Complex predicates in Q'anjob'al (Maya) : resultative, end-state, benefactive, causative, monitoring, and directional / by Eladio Mateo Toledo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mateo Toledo, Eladio, author.

Series:

Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 10.

Brill's studies in the Indigenous languages of the Americas ; volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kanjobal language--Verb phrase.

Kanjobal language.

Physical Description:

xvi, 299 pages maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"In this book, Eladio Mateo Toledo presents a description and analysis of resultatives, end-states, monitoring constructions, causatives, and directional constructions in the Mayan language Q'anjob'al spoken in the northwest of Guatemala. Although causatives (analyzed as clause union) and directionals (analyzed as serial verbs) have long been studied in Mayan languages, no Mayan language has been shown to have an extensive list of complex predicates. This volume contains the first coherent account of a series of complex predicates in a Mayan language. The book shows that complex predicates in Q'anjob'al use one of two predicative frames, a verb+verb frame or a nonverbal+verb frame, and that only five general parameters explain their formal and semantic properties"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Mateo Toledo, Eladio. Complex predicates in q'anjob'al (maya)

ISBN:

9789004289703

9004289704

OCLC:

1337944632