A Grammar of Chalcatongo Mixtec (University of California Publications in Linguistics) [Paperback]

Monica Macaulay (Author)

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Publication Date: May 31, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0520098072 | ISBN-13: 978-0520098077

This is the first comprehensive grammar of any variety of Mixtec written for linguists. It provides theoretically informed (generative) description and analysis of the phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexical semantics of this dialect, situated in the broader context of Mixtecan and Otomanguean languages. Texts and a lexicon (Mixtec-English/English-Mixtec, 1,500 words) are included as well.

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Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: University of California Press (May 31, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520098072
ISBN-13: 978-0520098077
Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,267,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Mixtec is an Otomanguean language spoken in south-central Mexico, primarily in the state of Oaxaca (although also in parts of Puebla and Guerrero). Read the first page

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Chalcatongo Mixtec, San Miguel, Ayutla Mixtec, Barbara Hollenbach, Low-Tone Spreading, Grande Mixtec, Vowel Deletion, Chalcatongo Mtxtec, Jicaltepec Mixtec, Margarita Cuevas, Stark Campbell, Western Alta, Northeastern Alta, Ocotepec Mixtec, Southern Baja, United States, Yosondda Mixtec

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This book cites 12 books:

Studies in the Syntax of Mixtecan Languages, Volume 1 by Henry C. Bradley on 5 pages
Language Typology and Syntactic Description, Volume I: Clause Structure (Language Typology & Syntactic Description) by Timothy Shopen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Language in Context: Essays for Robert E. Longacre (Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics) by Shin Ja Joo Hwang in Back Matter
Universals of Language by Joseph H. Greenberg in Back Matter
Autosegmental and Metrical Phonology by John A. Goldsmith in Back Matter

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