Xoqoneb’

Una historia uspanteka de las tierras altas centrales de Guatemala

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ID21474084
AuthorsRobert K Henderson (0000-0002-0398-7520, Center for Applied Linguistics), Robert Henderson (0009-0007-9492-8975, Center for Applied Linguistics), Tomás Alberto Méndez López, R Bennett (0000-0001-6160-7007, University of Arizona), Meg Harvey (0009-0002-6693-1118, Center for Applied Linguistics), Virgilio Tomás Méndez, Comunidad Lingüística Uspanteka
Year2022
Volume27
Issue2
Pages125-160
Publication date2022-10-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTlalocan (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0185-0989 • E-ISSN: 2954-5242
PublisherInstituto de Investigaciones Filologicas (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.19130/iifl.tlalocan.27.2.010087x94
OpenAlexW4307436918
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

Uspanteko is one of the smallest (in terms of speakers) and most threatened Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala. While Uspanteko belongs to the K’ichean branch of the Mayan family, it bears a striking number of linguistic features not seen in its sister languages across major aspects of the grammar, including phonetics/phonology (e.g., lexical tone) and morphosyntax (e.g., null verbal inflection). After introducing an Uspanteko text about the sacred hill Xoqoneb’ and placing it in its cultural context, including surveying related Uspanteko texts, we use Xoqoneb’ to illustrate those aspects of the Uspanteko language which stand out relative to other K’ichean languages. We also comment on the possible sources of these divergent features, which include both language contact and innovation

Grammar · Humanities · Inflection · Language family · Linguistics · Phonetics · Phonology · Sister · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural and political discourse analysis · History · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Philosophy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

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