AMERINDIA 43: 291-322, 2021 Jean-Michel HOPPANSeDyL (Laboratoire Structure et Dynamique des Langues), CNRSAlexandre SOLCÀChercheur indépendant DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/IUEL1766 Abstract: Sign n° 42 in 1962 J. Eric S. Thompson’s “Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs”(classified as grapheme 1G8 in 2003/2009 Martha J. Macri’s
AMERINDIA 43: 249-289, 2021 Jürgen BOHNEMEYERTimothy J. TILBE University at Buffalo, the State University of New York DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/MTJJ8932 Abstract: We examine the impact of givenness on argument realization in a small text corpus of Yucatec folk narratives (660
AMERINDIA 43: 211-247, 2021 Hortensia ESTRADA RAMÍREZInstituto Caro y CuervoJorge Emilio ROSÉS LABRADAUniversity of Alberta DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/XDYQ8951 Abstract: Based on new first-hand fieldwork data and on prior descriptions of the language, this article proposes an in-depth analysis of inflectional
AMERINDIA 43: 177-210, 2021 Albert VENTAYOL-BOADAUniversity of California DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/JKFG5183 Abstract: Grammaticalization patterns of nominal classification devices suggest that class terms tend to evolve into classifier systems, which may develop into gender and noun class systems. Additionally, classifiers are
AMERINDIA 43: 145-176, 2021 Verónica VÁZQUEZ SOTOSeminario de Lenguas Indígenas, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/LLYD1234 Abstract: Meseño Cora, a linguistic variant of Cora, a Southern Uto-Aztecan language of the Corachol branch spoken in
AMERINDIA 43: 103-144, 2021 Natalia CÁCERES ARANDIASeDyL (Laboratoire Structure et Dynamique des Langues) DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/FHPZ6553 Abstract: Ye’kwana (mch, Cariban) is a language of Venezuela and Brazil spoken by about 9,000 people. An imperfective construction, cognate to a nominal construction,
AMERINDIA 43: 55-101, 2021 Denis BERTETDDL (Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage – CNRS–Université Lumière-Lyon 2) DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/VHJB2810 Abstract: Tikuna (isolate, western Amazonia) has been known since the 1950s to be one of Amazonia’s richest tone languages. However, no agreement has
AMERINDIA 43: 27-53, 2021 Marie BENZERRAKStructure et Dynamique des Langues DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/SVGK5447 Abstract: In this paper I present the strategies that Rama (Chibcha, Nicaragua) uses to encode information structure. Rama does not use morphological markers to mark topics and
AMERINDIA 43: 1-26, 2021 Johan van der AUWERAUniversité d’Anvers, BelgiqueOlga KRASNOUKHOVAUniversité de Leyde, Pays-Bas DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/KFNQ7893 Abstract: The Guahiboan languages show interesting variation in the expression of standard, ascriptive, existential and prohibitive negation. We aim to account for some
AMERINDIA 43, 2021 Katharina HAUDEStructure et Dynamique des Langues, CNRS DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/CHWB8887 The news of Pieter Muysken’s death came as a shock. He died on April 6th, shortly before his 71st birthday, after a short and heavy disease. His
