Chorti (Mayan) Ceremonial Organization

Navajo Ceremonial System

Ceremonial Dialogues in South America

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Introduction to Mayan Linguistics

This special issue of Language and Linguistic Compass is dedicated to a three-part survey of the grammatical structure of Mayan languages. The articles in this collection focus on core, well-studied aspects of Mayan linguistics: phonology (Bennett), syntax (Coon), and semantics (Henderson). The perspective taken is broadly typological, but also informed by theoretical issues in formal linguisti...

Mayan phonology

This article provides an overview of the phonology of Mayan languages. The principal aim is to describe the commonalities and differences between phonological systems in the Mayan family. I have also tried to highlight some phonological patterns which are interesting from a typological or theoretical perspective. There are many intriguing aspects of Mayan phonology which remain understudied; I’...

Documenting Mayan Language Acquisition

Chomsky (1965; 1986) has long stressed the significance of the fact that children can acquire any human language. This linguistic phenomenon is a central motivation in the search for language universals. The claims of generative grammar underline the importance of documenting the full range of language diversity while typologically distinct languages still exist. Such documentation is necessary...