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Head Marking in Usage and Grammar: A Study of Variation and Change in Yucatec Maya
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Norcliffe, Elisabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Many Mayan languages make use of a special dependent verb form (the Agent Focus, or AF verb form), which alternates with the normal transitive verb form (the synthetic verb form) of main clauses when the subject of a transitive verb is focused, questioned or relativized. It has been a centerpiece of research in Mayan morphosyntax over the last…
Descriptors: Verbs, Maya (People), Language Usage, Grammar