X. CHAMULA TZOTZIL PROVERBS: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 5
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
4. Orthographic Note 10
5. I. INTRODUCTION 11
6. II. SOUND SYMBOLISM IN THE MAYAN LANGUAGE FAMILY 23
7. III. SEMANTIC ASPECTS OF YUCATEC DUAL-OBJECT CONSTRUCTIONS 51
8. IV. CHORTÍ SEMANTICS: SOME PROPERTIES OF ROOTS AND AFFIXES 59
9. V. THE SEMANTICS OF SOCIAL CATEGORIES IN A TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR OF JACALTEC 85
10. VI. ACQUISITION OF BOTANICAL TERMINOLOGY BY TZELTAL CHILDREN 107
11. VII. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AND LEXICAL RETENTION IN TZELTAL-TZOTZIL ETHNOBOTANY 143
12. VIII. COMPOUND PLACE NAMES IN CHUJ AND OTHER MAYAN LANGUAGES 165
13. IX. THREE GENRES OF TZOTZIL INSULT 183
14. X. CHAMULA TZOTZIL PROVERBS: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL 205
15. XI. SEMANTIC UNIVERSALS AND PARTICULARS IN QUICHE 235
16. Index 247