Meaning in Mayan Languages : Ethnolinguistic Studies / Munro S. Edmonson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edmonson, Munro S., editor.

Series:

Janua linguarum. Series practica ; 158.

Janua Linguarum. Series Practica ; 158

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayan languages--Semantics--Congresses.

Mayan languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Orthographic Note

I. INTRODUCTION / Edmonson, Munro S.

II. SOUND SYMBOLISM IN THE MAYAN LANGUAGE FAMILY / Durbin, Marshall E.

III. SEMANTIC ASPECTS OF YUCATEC DUAL-OBJECT CONSTRUCTIONS / Owen, Michael G.

IV. CHORTÍ SEMANTICS: SOME PROPERTIES OF ROOTS AND AFFIXES / Fought, John G.

V. THE SEMANTICS OF SOCIAL CATEGORIES IN A TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR OF JACALTEC / Day, Christopher

VI. ACQUISITION OF BOTANICAL TERMINOLOGY BY TZELTAL CHILDREN / Stross, Brian

VII. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AND LEXICAL RETENTION IN TZELTAL-TZOTZIL ETHNOBOTANY / Berlin, Brent / Breedlove, Dennis E. / Laughlin, Robert M. / Raven, Peter H.

VIII. COMPOUND PLACE NAMES IN CHUJ AND OTHER MAYAN LANGUAGES / Hopkins, Nicholas A.

IX. THREE GENRES OF TZOTZIL INSULT / Bricker, Victoria Reifler

X. CHAMULA TZOTZIL PROVERBS: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL / Gossen, Gary H.

XI. SEMANTIC UNIVERSALS AND PARTICULARS IN QUICHE / Edmonson, Munro S.

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9783110869675

3110869675

OCLC:

979784731