A Comparative Analysis of Ch’orti’ Verbal Art and the Poetic Discourse Structures of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
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Research Year:  2001
Culture:  Ch'orti' Maya
Chronology:  Classic
Location:  Jocotán, Guatemala
Sites:  Jocotán, Escobial, Amatillo, Kanapará Arriba, Las Lajas, Guareruche, Quebrada Seca, Pakrén, Titikopote

Table of Contents

Introduction
Ch’orti’ Poetic Structuring
Couplet Deletion
Deletion
Augmentative Couplets
Triplet Constructions
Chiasmus
Poetics and the Hieroglyphic Script
Couplets and Parallelism
Triplets, Quatrains, and Polystylistic Phrases
Ch’orti’ Poetics and the Hieroglyphic Script
Metaphor and Couplets
Merismus
Episode Peaks
Wings of the Eclipse
Conclusions
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Submitted 03/04/2002 by:
Kerry Hull
kerryasa@aol.com

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