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F-constructions in Yucatec Maya

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Yucatec Maya, like many other Mayan languages, features a set of constructions, including relative clauses, content questions and focus constructions, that is uniquely characterized by the occurrence of the so-called Agent Focus verb form. The challenge posed by these constructions is to account for why a special verb form occurs only in these constructions. I argue that this is the case because these constructions (which I refer to as F-constructions) share particular structural and semantic properties.

Source: ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Author: Judith Tonhauser

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3080847223

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Cites: 15

Cited by: 28

Related to: 10