23.4093, Diss: Anthro Ling/ Lang Doc/ Morphology/ Phonology/ Mocho: Palosaari: 'Topics in Mocho' Phonology and Morphology'

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Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:04:39
From: Naomi Palosaari [naomi at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Topics in Mocho' Phonology and Morphology

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Institution: University of Utah 
Program: Linguistics 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2011 

Author: Naomi Elizabeth Palosaari

Dissertation Title: Topics in Mocho' Phonology and Morphology 

Dissertation URL:  http://linguistlist.org/people/naomi_palosaari/palosaari_diss-w-toc-final.p

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Morphology
                     Phonology

Subject Language(s): Mocho (mhc)


Dissertation Director(s):
Lyle Campbell
Keren Rice
Marianne Christison
Randall Eggert
Judith Maxwell

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation is a grammatical description of several features of the 
morphology and phonology of the Mocho' language.  Mocho' 
(Motozintleco) is a Mayan language spoken in the Chiapas region of 
Mexico near the border of Guatemala.  It is moribund, with fewer than 
30 remaining speakers, all over the age of 70 and bilingual in Spanish.  
Mocho' is a language with several features of interest, but which has 
not yet been the subject of a full linguistic description. 

This dissertation, based on data collected during several field trips and 
supplemented with unpublished data from previous researchers, 
provides an overview of the grammatical structure of Mocho'.  The 
topics covered include phonology, loanwords, root structure, derivation 
and inflection of the different word classes, and important discourse 
particles.  

Mocho' is of special interest in Mayan linguistics as well as linguistic 
theory in general for many reasons. For example, Mocho' is one of only 
four Mayan languages to develop a tonal contrast; the Mocho' pattern 
is unique and has developed recently.  Mocho' has several 
grammatical features which are unique in Mayan, including the 
development of middle voice from Proto-Mayan antipassive marking 
and the patterning of positionals, negatives, and syntactic markers of 
direction, location, and motion.  Mocho' has a split ergative system, 
with ergative marking on third persons and nominative-accusative 
marking on first and second persons.  Mocho' also has unique patterns 
of definiteness and evidentiality.  This dissertation provides a 
description of Mocho' morphological and phonological structure in 
several areas, including those described above.    
 






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