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1 online resource (528 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics |
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Routledge library editions. Linguistics.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and Unusual Symbols; I. The Tojolabal-Maya; The Tojolabales Today; Geographical Distribution, Settlement Pattern, and Numbers; Neighboring Groups and Relations Between These and the Tojolabales; Sample Tojolabal Community (Colonia Ing. González de León (Napité); The Tojolabal Language; Dimensions of Use; Social Considerations; Degree of Bilingualism; Dialects; The Field Work |
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II. Elements of Tojolabal MorphologySurface Shapes and Categories of Morphemes; Root and Stem Classes; Affixes; Derivation by Affixation; Verbs; Root; Position +1; Position +2; Position +3; Position +4; Nouns; Classes of Nouns; Derivational Morphology; Root; Position +1; Position +2; Position +3; Position +4; Particles; Derivation by Compounding; Transitive Verbs; Intransitive Verbs; Nouns; Statives; Particles; Numerals; Inflection; Pronouns; Patterns of Inflection; Verb Inflection; Transitive Verb; Intransitive Verb; Stative Verb; "Inflection" with 7ahyi; III. Phonology |
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The Systematic Phonemic LevelDistinctive Feature Analysis; Redundancy; Segmental Redundancy Rules; Sequential Redundancy Rules; Phonological Rules; Prosodic Rules; The Systematic Phonetic Level; Phonetic Realization Rules; Non-Phonological Influences on Phonology; IV. Some Aspects of Syntax and Semantics; Predicate Types; Main and Subordinate Clauses; Conjoined Sentences; Inclusive and Exclusive "Or"; Conjunction With and Without sok; Lexical Insertion; Reflexives; Derivation of Verbs and PREDICATE RAISING; Other Stative Verbs; Conclusions; Sentence Types; Base Rules |
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Some Theoretical ConsiderationsList of Transformations; Appendix; I. Partial Lists of Colonias and Ranchos of the Municipio Villa Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico; II. Alphabetical List of Inflectional and Derivational Morphemes; III. The Rabbit and the Coyote; IV. The Frog, the Toad, and the Crab; V. Summary of Phonological, Prosodic, and Phonetic Realization Rules and Sample Derivations; VI. Lexicon; Bibliography |
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Definitions of language cluster around two non-contradictory views: one that language is a shared code, a social entity, and the other that language is the knowledge that enables a native speaker to produce and understand speech. In examining the language and culture of the Tojolabal (Mayan) Indians of Mexico, this book argues that language is a cognitive system, as is culture, of which language is but a part. The author is most interested in the interfaces between language and social phenomena and between language and other systems of culture, and demonstrates that research on the dialecti |
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Print version record |
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Tojolabal language.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
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Tojolabal language
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317918257 |
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1317918258 |
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