Doctoral Dissertation Research: The family of Complex Predicates in Q'anjob'al (Maya); their Syntax and Semantics

Q 'anjob'al（玛雅）中的复杂谓词家族;它们的语义和语义这个项目侧重于语言领域的研究，语言文档和复杂谓词的分析（例如，我生吃了肉，我吃光了苹果，我坐着来，我坐着旅行，等等）。危地马拉韦韦特南戈圣欧拉利亚人所说的Q 'anjob'al（玛雅语）方言。 它将导致对复杂谓词的形成和解释的句法、意义和词汇限制的描述和分析，这在Q 'anjob'al或其他玛雅语言中尚不可用。我们将分析五种类型的复合谓语：补语从句、状语从句（即目的、方式等）、次要谓语（结果和结果），辅助结构（即启始，致使等），以及所谓的“方向性”。 每一个复杂的谓词类型将探讨有关的词汇，句法，语义和语用的限制，以及这些限制如何一起工作，以区分复杂的谓词。该项目还将制作25小时的收集和数字化文本，其中6小时将进行注释并翻译成英文和西班牙文。文本集将包括最濒危的语言类型的录音，如仪式话语，宗教话语，传统医学，玉米种植，祈祷等，只有最老一代的人才知道该方法包括从收集的文本中分析复杂的谓词，并操纵这些谓词以分离起作用的因素。文本分析将辅以形式和意义的启发。文本收集涉及定位社区专家（如助产士，传统医学从业者，说书人等），记录，数字化，元数据创建，转录和注释。文本集将以两种格式编写：原文和用于语言分析的注释本。 文本注释将涉及创建一个数据库的词汇项目的文本。文本和录音将在得克萨斯大学拉丁美洲土著语言档案馆存档。 该项目将通过向Q 'anjob'al社区和公众提供最濒危语言类型的文本集，为Q 'anjob'al的文献工作做出贡献。 通过对Q 'anjob' al的分析，也将推进对玛雅语言句法和语义的分析。虽然玛雅语言的句法在以往的研究中受到了很大的关注，但对复杂谓词的统一分析还没有。第三，它对普通语言学具有智力价值，因为它将提供对复杂谓词的详细描述和分析，侧重于不同层次的分析。 这种对一种语言中几个复杂谓词的案例研究将有助于我们对复杂谓词的一般理解。 第四，文本收集将为语言学、计算和人类学分析以及相关领域提供材料。它还将支持Q 'anjob'al社区的语言保护，因为这些文本可用于其他项目（如广播节目、学校教材等）。 总的来说，它更广泛的影响是将理论语言学、描述语言学和文献语言学结合起来。 此外，该项目福尔斯语言文献、语言振兴和培训母语者的更广泛运动，因为它将培训两名Q 'anjob'al母语者，以满足社区与语言有关的需求。

The family of Complex Predicates in Q'anjob'al (Maya); their Syntax and SemanticsThis project focuses on linguistic field research, language documentation and analysis of complex predicates (i.e. I ate the meat raw, I ate up the apple, I came seated, I traveled sitting, etc.) on the dialect of Q'anjob'al (Mayan) spoken in Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. It will result in a description and analysis of the syntax, meaning and lexical constraints on the formation and interpretation of complex predicates, which is not yet available for Q'anjob'al or other Mayan languages. Five types of complex predicates will be analyzed: complement clauses, adverbial clauses (i.e. purpose, manner, etc.), secondary predicates (resultative and depictive), auxiliary constructions (i.e. inchoative, causative, etc.), as well as the so-called "directionals". Each complex predicate type will be explored in relation to lexical, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic constraints and how these constraints work together to distinguish complex predicates from each other. The project will also produce 25 hours of collected and digitized texts, 6 hours of which will be glossed and translated into English and Spanish. The text collection will include recordings of the most endangered linguistic genres like ceremonial discourse, religious discourses, traditional medicine, corn planting, prayers, etc., which are only known by the oldest generation of speakers. The methodology involves the analysis of complex predicates from the collected texts and the manipulation of these to separate factors at play. Text analysis will be supplemented with elicitation focused on form and meaning. The text collection involves locating community specialists (such as midwives, traditional medicine practitioners, storytellers, among others), recording, digitization, metadata creation, transcription, and glossing. The text collection will be prepared in two formats; an original version and a glossed version for linguistic analysis. Text glossing will involve creating a database of lexical items from texts. The texts and audio recordings will be archived at the Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America at the University of Texas. Copies will also be given to the community to support language related work.This project will contribute to the documentation of Q'anjob'al by making a text collection of the most endangered linguistic genres available to the Q'anjob'al community and to the public. It will also advance the analysis of the syntax and semantics of Mayan languages by analyzing Q'anjob'al. Although the syntax of Mayan languages has received a great deal of attention in previous studies, a unified analysis of complex predicates is not available. Third, it is of intellectual merit to general linguistics because it will provide a detailed description and analysis of complex predicates focusing on different levels of analysis. This case study of several complex predicates within one single language will contribute to our general understanding of complex predicates. Fourth, the text collection will contribute material to linguistic, computational and anthropological analysis, and related fields. It will also support language preservation in the Q'anjob'al community because the texts may be used for other projects (e.g. radio programs, materials for schools, etc). In general, its broader impact is to bring together theoretical, descriptive, and documentary linguistics. Furthermore, the project falls within a broader movement towards language documentation, language revitalization, and training of native speakers since it will train two native speakers of Q'anjob'al, in connection with community needs related to language.