Motion and arrival verbs in Tezoatlan Mixtec and their use in the gospel of Mark /by John Lyndall Williams.
- 1991.
- ix, 118 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript. 1. Introduction Part I 2. An overview of motion and arrival verbs 3. The deictic center 4. Some differences between motion and arrival verbs 5. Base 6. Aspect and Round trip Part II: Motion and arrival verbs in the Gospel of Mark Selection of Passages form Mark Appendix
The goal of this study -- The Mixtec group of languages -- The corpus of data -- The phonology -- The Gospel of Mark. Determining the deictic center for motion verbs -- Determining the deictic center for motion verbs in conversational material -- Determining the deictic center for motion verbs in nonconversational text material -- Determining the deictic center for arrival verbs -- Determining the deictic center for arrival verbs in conversational material -- Determining the deictic center for arrival verbs in nonconversational text material. Differences between motion between two points, and arrival at a specific point -- Difference concerning hte deictic center -- Differences in aspect -- Difference in stating the origin of the trip -- Difference in focus. Defining base -- Establishing a temporary base, or more than one base -- Differences between verbs labeled [- base] and verbs labeled [+ base. The progressive aspect -- The potential aspect -- The habitual aspect -- The completive aspect. Examples of the four aspects of 'go' -- Examples of the four aspects of 'come' -- Examples of the four aspects of 'go.home' -- Examples of the four aspects of 'come.home' -- Examples of the four aspects of 'arrive' -- Examples of the four aspects of 'arrive.here' -- Examples of the three aspects of 'arrive.home' -- Examples of the three aspects of 'arrive.here.home' -- Conclusion. A list of the thrity-three dialects of Mixtec as found in the 1984 Ethnologue -- Motion and arrival verbs of Diuxi and Chalcatongo Mixtec.
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