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
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5722