Complementation and the Grammaticalization of the Progressive in Ch'olti
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4560686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thilo Momme Holtmann (0000-0001-5911-8909, University of Cologne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-81 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/727527 |
| OpenAlex | W4389665230 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Like other Lowland Mayan languages, the Ch’olan languages have incompletive or progressive constructions with mostly accusative person marking that are ultimately derived from complementation constructions. Based on a review of the general complementation strategies found in Ch’olti’, this paper identifies the complementation strategies that are reflected in the progressive construction of this language and discusses differences between the progressive construction and regular complementation constructions resulting from the grammaticalization of the progressive. It is argued that with transitive lexical verbs, the progressive construction in Ch’olti’ uses a different complementation strategy than the incompletive in the Western Ch’olan languages Ch’ol and Chontal, which indicates that these constructions are not cognate and that changes concomitant with the introduction of these constructions, like the introduction of (incipient) split ergativity, thus do not date back to Proto-Ch’olan
Biology · Combinatorics · Complementation · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Transitive relation · Genetics · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Information Structure in Mayan
Constructionalization and Constructional Changes
World Lexicon of Grammaticalization
Auxiliaries
Topic and Focus
Auxiliary Verb Constructions
The Foreign Impact on Lowland Mayan Language and Script
From Usage to Grammar
Nahua in Ancient Mesoamerica
Thoughts on grammaticalization
Cross-linguistic patterns in the structure, function, and position of (object) complement clauses
Ergativity in the Cholan Languages
The diachrony of morphosyntactic alignment
Split Ergativity in the History of the Ch'olan Branch of the Mayan Language Family
Rethinking Split Ergativity In Chol
Tracing the Ch'orti' Antipassive System
From Valency to Aspect in the Ch'olan-Tzeltalan Family of Mayan
A Test and Falsification of the "Classic Ch'olti'an" Hypothesis
Changes in Basic Word Order in Mayan Languages
Little-v0Agreement and Templatic Morphology in Ch'ol
The future in thought and language
Split ergativity and transitivity in Chol
Topic and Focus in Mayan
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |