Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya)

Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya)

Q’anjob’al typically makes a rigid distinction between transitive and intransitive verb inflections. Transitive verbs cross-reference their subjects with an ergative prefix while intransitive verbs cross-reference their subjects with an absolutive prefix. Transitive verbs have one set of status suff...

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Main Author: Mateo, Pedro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics 2009-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Subjects:
Kanjobal language
Mayan languages
Grammar, Comparative and general > Nominals
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5722
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spelling doaj-e3a61ec66bb348ea9e0cfe1f1a4e8b8b2020-11-24T21:21:36ZengUniversity of Kansas, Department of LinguisticsKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76002009-01-0131394510.17161/KWPL.1808.5722Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya) Mateo, PedroQ’anjob’al typically makes a rigid distinction between transitive and intransitive verb inflections. Transitive verbs cross-reference their subjects with an ergative prefix while intransitive verbs cross-reference their subjects with an absolutive prefix. Transitive verbs have one set of status suffixes, while intransitive verbs have a different set of status suffixes. However, an exception to this rule occurs in complement clauses that lack an aspect marker. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5722Kanjobal languageMayan languagesGrammar, Comparative and general-- Nominals
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Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya)
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Kanjobal language
Mayan languages
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Nominals
author_facet Mateo, Pedro
author_sort Mateo, Pedro
title Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya)
title_short Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya)
title_full Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya)
title_fullStr Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya)
title_full_unstemmed Nominalization in Q'anjob'al (Maya)
title_sort nominalization in q'anjob'al (maya)
publisher University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics
series Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
issn 2378-7600
publishDate 2009-01-01
description Q’anjob’al typically makes a rigid distinction between transitive and intransitive verb inflections. Transitive verbs cross-reference their subjects with an ergative prefix while intransitive verbs cross-reference their subjects with an absolutive prefix. Transitive verbs have one set of status suffixes, while intransitive verbs have a different set of status suffixes. However, an exception to this rule occurs in complement clauses that lack an aspect marker.
topic Kanjobal language
Mayan languages
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Nominals
url http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5722
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