Korobzow, Natalie ORCID: 0000-0002-2814-2081
(2025).
Split Ergativity in Ch’orti’ Maya: A Contribution to a Diachronic Typology of Alignment Change.
PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
This dissertation provides a new historical explanation for the alignment split and the third set of indexes ("set C") in Ch’orti’ Maya. Using the historical-comparative method and diachronic typological analysis, this study challenges existing theories that derive set C from set A and instead proposes that set C originates from set B in its use as part of the independent pronoun paradigm, which is attested in Hieroglyphic Maya. On the typological side, the thesis highlights the role of discourse-driven syntactic reanalysis in the development of alignment systems and demonstrates how focus structures can serve as a bridge for the evolution of grammar.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-754211 | ||||||||||||
Date: | 16 March 2025 | ||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | ||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, IDH > Institut für Linguistik | ||||||||||||
Subjects: | Language, Linguistics Other languages |
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Date of oral exam: | 14 May 2024 | ||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/75421 |
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