Chol Ritual Language
with Terrence Lee Folmar, Heidi Altman, Ausencio Cruz Guzmán, and Bernardo Pérez Martínez
©1996 J. Kathryn Josserand and Nicholas A. Hopkins

Concluding Remarks

Analysis of sets of semantically- and morphologically-related Chol lexical items provides insights into the conceptual world of the speakers of Chol. While these insights are of humanistic interest in themselves, they also constitute hypotheses for further, more systematic, work which can validate these initial impressions. Such validation would require long periods of field work focussed on the exploration of the philosophy and practical knowledge that underlies the linguistic expressions.

It is our belief that the results of the preliminary exploration of this field of inquiry are sufficient to demonstrate the potential productivity of this kind of research in the area of Tila. We hope to be able to pursue this research in future projects. In the meantime, we will continue to process text and other language materials already obtained, and we look forward to the publication of more works by Chol authors from the region, the product of an increasing number of government-sponsored institutions charged with promoting native culture in the region.

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