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Tzotzil Clause Structure

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Judith L. Aissen

    1. Cowell College, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 7)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Grammatical Notes

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    Pages 1-19

  3. Theoretical Sketch

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    Pages 20-39

  4. Inflection and Agreement

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    Pages 40-60

  5. Passive Clauses

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    Pages 61-76

  6. Reflexive Clauses

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    Pages 77-86

  7. Unaccusative Clauses

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    Pages 87-103

  8. Ditransitive Clauses

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    Pages 104-125

  9. Possessor Ascension

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    Pages 126-154

  10. Topic, Focus and Copy Possessor Ascension

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    Pages 155-179

  11. Surrogate Agreement

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    Pages 180-211

  12. Clause Unions

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    Pages 212-251

  13. Quantification and Initial Absolutives

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    Pages 252-271

  14. Conclusion

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    Pages 272-274

  15. Phonological Rules

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    Pages 275-278

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 279-290
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xv NOTES ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY AND CITATIONS xxi LIST OF ABBREVIA TIONS XXIIl CHAPTER 1: GRAMMATICAL NOTES 1 1. Introduction 1 2. Basics 1 3. Major Lexical Classes 2 3. 1. V 3 3. 2. N 3 3. 3. A 5 3. 3. 1. Quantifiers 6 3. 3. 2. Existentials and Locatives 6 4. Minor Lexical Classes 7 4. 1. Clitics 7 4. 1. 1. Clause-proclitic 7 4. 1. 2. S-enclitic 8 4. 1. 3. V-enclitic 8 4. 1. 4. Clause-second 9 4. 2. Directionals 9 4. 3. Particles 11 5. Flagging 11 6. Word Order 12 7. Construction Survey 12 7. 1. Negation 12 13 7. 2. Questions 7. 3. Complement Clauses 14 16 7. 4. Motion cum Purpose 17 7. 5. Topics 7. 6. Prepredicate Position 18 19 Notes CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL SKETCH 20 20 1. Arcs vii Vlll T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 1. Sets of Grammatical Relations 22 1. 2. Stratum 24 Ergative and Absolutive 1. 3. 25 1. 4. 25 Formal Connections between Arcs 2. Sponsor and Erase 26 2. 1. Successors 26 2. 2. Replacers 28 2. 3. Self-Sponsor and Self-Erase 30 3. Ancestral Relations 31 4. Pair Networks 31 Resolution of Overlapping Arcs 32 5. 6. Coordinate Determination 33 7. Rules and Laws 35 8. Word Order 36 9. APG Versions of RG Laws 36 9. 1. Stratal Uniqueness Law 36 9. 2. Chomeur Law and Motivated Chomage Law 36 Relational Succession Law and Host Limitation Law 9. 3.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cowell College, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA

    Judith L. Aissen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tzotzil Clause Structure

  • Authors: Judith L. Aissen

  • Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3741-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2365-9Published: 31 March 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2441-0Published: 31 March 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3741-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4670

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0358

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 320

  • Topics: Ameri-Indian Languages, Linguistics, general, Syntax

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