Indeterminate pronouns in Kaqchikel

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Linguistic Variation Pub Date : 2024-01-12 DOI:10.1075/lv.22012.dun

P. T. Duncan, Harold Torrence, Pedro Mateo Pedro

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Abstract

This paper investigates the morphology, syntax, and semantics of five non-interrogative constructions that involve wh-expressions in Kaqchikel, a Mayan language of the K’ichean branch spoken in Guatemala. We focus on the properties of maximal free relative clauses, existential free relative clauses, ever free relative clauses, free choice items and negative indefinites. We show that the interpretive properties of these constructions are strikingly similar to those found in a number of unrelated languages.

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卡奇克尔语中的不定代词

本文研究了危地马拉 K'ichean 支系玛雅语言 Kaqchikel 中涉及wh-表达的五个非祈使句结构的形态、句法和语义。我们重点研究了最大自由相对从句、存在自由相对从句、永远自由相对从句、自由选择项和否定不定项的性质。我们的研究表明，这些结构的解释性质与许多不相关语言中的解释性质惊人地相似。

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Linguistic Variation LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： Linguistic Variation is an international, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the study of linguistic variation. It seeks to investigate to what extent the study of linguistic variation can shed light on the broader issue of language-particular versus language-universal properties, on the interaction between what is fixed and necessary on the one hand and what is variable and contingent on the other. This enterprise involves properly defining and delineating the notion of linguistic variation by identifying loci of variation. What are the variable properties of natural language and what is its invariant core?