Itzaj Maya Documentation
ITZAJ MAYA GRAMMAR
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Symbols
Phonology
Contents
Phonemic Inventory and Orthography
Stress, Juncture and Pause
Phonological Processes
Phonotactics
Spanish Loan Words
MORPHOLOGY
Person Markers and Pronouns
Contents
Person Markers (Dependent Pronouns): Set A and Set B
Independent Pronouns
Verbal Complex
Contents
Tense, Aspect, Mood, and Status
Verb Root Classes
Verb Derivation and Voice
Sensory and Cognitive Verbs
Verb Compounds
Nominal Morphology
Contents
Noun Roots
Nominal Derivation
Nominal Inflection and Modification
Compound Nouns
Noun Phrases
Locative Expressions
Numerals and Numeral Classifiers
Contents
Numerals
Numeral Classifiers
Affixation on Numeral Classifiers & Noun Compounds
Numeral Classifier Compounds
Adjectives, Adverbs, and Participles
Contents
Adjectives
Adverbs
Participles
Adjective and Adverb Compounds
Intensifiers
Quantifiers
Plural Marking
Particles and Exclamations
Contents
Nominal
Locative
Prepositions
Manner and Intensity
Temporal
Modal-epistemic
Negative
Interrogative/ Relative
Conjunctions and Subordinators
Exclamatory Words
MORPHOSYNTAX, SYNTAX AND DISCOURSE
Typological Overview
Contents
Order of Major Constituents
Modifier + Modified Order
Modified + Modifier Order
Prepositional Phrases
Adverbs
Stative, Existential and Equational Constructions
Interrogation
Negation
Nominal Morphosyntax
Contents
Introduction
Unmodified Nouns
Noun Classifiers
Proper Nouns, Titles, and Honorifics
Numerals and Numeral Classifiers
Plurals
Adjectives
The Determiner a’
The Topic Marker -e’
The Partitive Marker -i’ij
Contrastive Focus
Demonstrative Adjectives
Possession
Contents
Unmarked Possessive Constructions
Marked Possessive Constructions
Existential Constructions with yaan
Pronouns in Discourse
Contents
Repetition and Redundancy of Pronominal Information
Information Flow, Reference Tracking, and Discourse Highlighting
Indirect Object Pronouns
Independent Possessive Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Locatives
Contents
Distal Locatives
Proximal Locatives
Ostensive Demonstratives
Locative Prepositions
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Contents
Sentential Position
Basic Prepositions: PREP + NP
ti’ + Relational Noun
Preposition (/Relational Noun) ti’ij NP
Adverbials
Contents
Sentential Position
Temporal Adverbs
Manner Adverbs
Modal-Epistemic Adverbs
Adverbial Focus with -ik-il ~ -ik ~ -il
Verbal Morphosyntax I: Tense, Aspect and Mood
Contents
Tense-Aspect-Mood
Incompletive Status
Completive Aspect and Status
Irrealis Modalities
Adverbial Incorporation
Verbal Morphosyntax II: Transitivity and Voice
Contents
Transitive vs. Intransitive
Active Transitive
Intransitive Voices
Topicality and Clause Linkage
Statives and Equational Constructions
Contents
Statives
Stative + Nominal
Nominal + Stative
Comparative Constructions
Contrastive-Focus Constructions
Existential yaan
Interrogation
Contents
Intonation
Yes-No Questions
Interrogative-Word Questions
Interrogative Focus and Scope
Negation
Contents
General Negative ma’
(mix)…mix, ’(neither)… nor’
Negative Focus and Scope
COMPLEX SENTENCES
Coordination
Contents
Parataxis
Morphosyntactically-marked Coordination
Conditional Clauses
Contents
Affirmative Conditional
Negative Conditional: waj ma’ (…-e’)
Counterfactual Conditional: waj V kuchij (…-e’)
Conditional with ka’ax… -e’, ’even if’
Relative Clauses
Contents
Nonrestrictive Relative Clauses
Restrictive Relative Clauses
Reduced Relative Clauses
Contrastive-Focus Constructions
Complements
Contents
Subject Complements
Object Complements
Adverbial Clauses
Contents
Temporal Adverbial Clauses
Manner Adverbial Clauses
Subordination with Intransitive Matrix Verbs and Statives
Purpose Clauses
Style and Poetics
Contents
Sound Symbolism and Sound Play
Parallelism and Repetition
Quoted Speech and Dialogic Repetition
Discourse Unit Boundaries
Discourse Genres
Cultural Schemata
Appendix: Texts
Text 1. The Yellow Crocodile, the Man-eater
Text 2. The Bandits (Wit’s)
Sources Cited
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