Qʼeqchiʼ Grammar

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The People and the Language Research Environment Personnel Previous Studies Scope of Present Study CHAPTER 2: PHONOLOGY Phonemic Inventory Consonants: Simple Occlusives Glottalized Occlusives Fricatives Resonants Glides Minimal Pairs Vowels Origin of Long Vowels Minimal Pairs CHAPTER 3: THE PRONOUN The Pronominal Affixes Noun Possession: Set A Subject of Intransitive Verb: Set B Stative Sentences: Set B Agent of Transitive Verb: Set A / Patient of Transitive Verb: Set B Independent Pronouns Use of Independent Pronouns CHAPTER 4: VERBS Classes of Transitive Verb Stems Classes of Intransitive Verb Stems Verb Inflectional Affixes Inflectional Affixes for Tense, Aspect, and Mood ta-: future definite. nak- present habitual. x-: recent past. ki- : narrative past. chi- ~ ø: optative / imperative; mi-: negative optative / imperative Inflectional suffixes for Tense, Aspect, and Mood non-future -k. Future –(a)q: Imperatives Inflection and Affixes for Direction and Manner Voice and Ergativity Active Voice Reflexive Voice Passive Voice Antipassive Voice Uses of the antipassive. Absolutives and the formation of infinitives and participles. Non-specific Passive Voice CHAPTER 5: NOUNS Definitions Simple Noun Classes Class I Class II Class III Class IV Class V Class VI Dialect Variation in Simple Noun Classes Compounds Class I Compounds Class la Compounds. Class lb. Class Ic. Class Id. Class Ie. Class If. Class Ig. Class II compounds Class III compounds Compounding and Abstract Nouns Numbers Numeral Roots Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers Distributive numbers Groupative numbers Unspecified Group: Cardinal Number plus -al. Approximate Group: Cardinal Number plus -aq. Definite Group: Numeral Root plus -ichal. Cofradia Members: Ordinal Numbers plus –il. Measures and numbers Prepositional nominals (relational nouns) Complex prepositional expressions Individual prepositional nominals CHAPTER 6: STATIVES Types of statives Adjectives Adjectives as statives Participles Transitive participle: –b’il Stative participle with vtR: -C1o Intransitive participle: - (j)enaq Positionals Positional adjectives Tense, aspect and mood with statives Non-perfect stative Non-perfective statives and tense, aspect and mood Present tense: -k and ø Future tenses: -(a)q, -kaq, -qaq Recent past: raj (Coban), time adverb (others) Remote past: raj (Coban), chaq (others) Perfective statives: Intransitive verbs Sources and References