Irreality in Q’eqchi’ (Mayan)

This paper discusses the semantic domain of irreality and the grammatical means of its expression in Q’eqchi’, a Mayan language from Guatemala. Three morphosyntactic devices are examined in detail: the prefix t- from the tense/aspect/mood paradigm, the “status” suffix -q/-aq and some second-position...

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Main Author: Igor Vinogradov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2018-01-01
Series:Liames
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Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/liames/article/view/8648667