Publications

Publication details [#23479]

Lengyel, Thomas E. 1988. On the structure and discourse functions of semantic couplets in Mayan languages. Anthropological Linguistics 30 (1) : 94–127.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse structure

Language as a subject

Mayan, Quiche | Mayan, Tzotzil

Annotation

L. examines the structure and discourse functions of `semantic couplets' in Mayan ritual prayers.