Full Description
As the first major survey of relative clause structure in the indigenous languages of Mesoamerica, this volume comprises a collection of original, in-depth studies of relative constructions in representative languages from across Mexico and Central America, based on empirical data collected by the authors themselves. The studies not only reveal the complex and fascinating nature of relative clauses in the languages in question, but they also shed invaluable light on how Mesoamerica came to be one of the richest and most diverse linguistic areas on our planet.
Contents
b>Preface
List of Figures and Maps
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1 A Typological Overview of Relative Clause Structure in Mesoamerican Languages
Enrique L. Palancar, Roberto Zavala Maldonado and Claudine Chamoreau
2 Relative Clauses in Mixe-Zoquean Languages in Typological Perspective
Roberto Zavala Maldonado
3 A Typology of Domain Nominals in the Relative Constructions of San Miguel Chimalapa Zoque
Silviano Jiménez Jiménez
4 Relative Clauses and the Typology of Relative Heads in Q'anjob'al
Eladio (B'alam) Mateo Toledo
5 Non-configurational Features in the Relative Constructions of Tlaxcala Nahuatl
Lucero Flores Nájera
6 Information Structure and the Syntax of Zenzontepec Chatino Relative Clauses
Eric Campbell
7 Relative Clauses with a Full Nominal Head in Zoochina Zapotec
Óscar López Nicolás
8 Relative Clauses in Tilapa Otomi
Enrique L. Palancar
9 Restrictive Relative Constructions in Pesh: A Predominantly Internally-Headed Relative Clause Language
Claudine Chamoreau
Afterword
Index
