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oapen-20.500.12657-252362021-11-10T08:09:19Z Information structure in Isthmus Zapotec narrative and conversation Bueno Holle, Juan José Linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics This book presents an in-depth description of information structure in Isthmus Zapotec, an Otomanguean language spoken by around 50,000 people in southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, and represents the first book-length treatment of information structure in a Mesoamerican language. Three main observations motivate the study: Strong documentation and a relatively large and active speaker community create a unique opportunity to document information structure in Isthmus Zapotec and to study the language as it is used by speakers in everyday life; As a tonal and verb-initial language, the examination of Isthmus Zapotec represents a chance to explore the possible combinations of tone, intonation, morphology and verb-initial syntax that may occur in the coding of information structure. 2019-04-18 23:55 2020-03-10 03:00:38 2020-04-01T10:31:32Z 2020-04-01T10:31:32Z 2019-03-30 book 1004858 OCN: 1100489601 9783961101290 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25236 eng Topics at the Grammar-Discourse Interface application/pdf n/a 1004858.pdf Language Science Press 10.5281/zenodo.2538324 104799 10.5281/zenodo.2538324 0bad921f-3055-43b9-a9f1-ea5b2d949173 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783961101290 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Berlin 104799 Language Science Press 2018 - 2020 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This book presents an in-depth description of information structure in Isthmus Zapotec, an Otomanguean language spoken by around 50,000 people in southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, and represents the first book-length treatment of information structure in a Mesoamerican language. Three main observations motivate the study: Strong documentation and a relatively large and active speaker community create a unique opportunity to document information structure in Isthmus Zapotec and to study the language as it is used by speakers in everyday life; As a tonal and verb-initial language, the examination of Isthmus Zapotec represents a chance to explore the possible combinations of tone, intonation, morphology and verb-initial syntax that may occur in the coding of information structure.
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