Information structure in Isthmus Zapotec narrative and conversation
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Author(s)
Bueno Holle, Juan José
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Language
EnglishAbstract
This book presents an in-depth description of information structure in Isthmus Zapotec, an Otomanguean language spoken by around 50,000 people in southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, and represents the first book-length treatment of information structure in a Mesoamerican language. Three main observations motivate the study: Strong documentation and a relatively large and active speaker community create a unique opportunity to document information structure in Isthmus Zapotec and to study the language as it is used by speakers in everyday life; As a tonal and verb-initial language, the examination of Isthmus Zapotec represents a chance to explore the possible combinations of tone, intonation, morphology and verb-initial syntax that may occur in the coding of information structure.
Keywords
LinguisticsISBN
9783961101290Publisher
Language Science PressPublisher website
http://langsci-press.org/Publication date and place
Berlin, 2019-03-30Grantor
Series
Topics at the Grammar-Discourse Interface,Classification
linguistics