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Mayan texts / edited by Louanna Furbee-Losee.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Native American texts series ; Volume 1, Number 1.
- International Journal of American Linguistics. Native American Texts Series ; Volume 1, Number 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayan languages--Texts.
- Mayan languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (425 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, [Illinois] : The University of Chicago Press, 1976.
- Summary:
- These volumes include oral texts in a variety of genres from 16 Mayan languages.Each of the stories in this collection is presented with analytical glosses, making explicit the structure of the language and illustrating the richness of Mayan grammar as it is used in context.
- Contents:
- Volume I; Contents; Introduction - Louanna Furbee-Losee; A Huastec Autobiographical Text - Norman A. McQuown; K'ekchi' Texts - Ray Freeze; Li K'alek, Li A:wk ut Li Q'olok - Flora Ac Caal and Sandra Pinkerton; Quiche Text - William Norman; Tzutujil Texts - James H. Butler and Ilah Fleming; Jilotepequeno Pocomam Texts - Thom Smith-Stark; Mam Text - Nora C. England; Someone Else's Dog: A Jacaltec Story - Christopher Day; A Jacaltec Comedia - Colette G. Craig; Acateco [Kanjobal] Texts - Karen Dakin; Volume II; Contents; Introduction - Louanna Furbee-Losee
- Chol Performance: Do Not Talk to Dogs, They Might Talk Back to You - John J. AttinasiLacandon Song Texts - Dale Davis; Yucatec Maya Text - Victoria Reifler Bricker; A Modern Yucatec Maya Text - Norman A. McQuown; Tzeltal Texts - Brian Stross; Tzotzil Text - Victoria Reifler Bricker; Tzotzil Texts - Robert M. Laughlin; Volume III; Contents; How the People of Ilom Lost Their Lands: An Ixil-Maya Text with Commentary - Thomas E. Lengyel; Yarns Spun by Ixils - Judie Maxwell; Ixil Text - Lore M. Colby; Kanjobal Texts - Laura Martin; A San Mateo Ixtatan Chuj Text - Nicholas A. Hopkins
- Tojolabal Texts - Louanna Furbee and Manuel Aguilar Gomez
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-226-34276-X
- OCLC:
- 935259206
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