Irrealis and Perfect in ltzaj Maya  

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HOFLING, CHARLES ANDREW

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 40 no. 2 (1998), page 214-227.
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This article examines a range of constructions in Itzaj (Itza) Maya that evidence distinctive verbal morphology encoding irrealis semantics. It is shown that irrealis marking crosscuts the categories of tense-aspect, mood, and status. Irrealis marking is found in the optative and imperative moods, the dependent and imperative statuses, and in certain adverbial-focus constructions that may have perfect aspectual meanings. After examining the relevant data and sketching their discourse functions, it is shown that irrealis semantics is prototypical of these constructions, and the connections between the categories irrealis and perfect are outlined. The linkage of irrealis and perfect is also briefly considered as a reflection of Mayan world view.

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