The Monomorphemic Inanimate and Animate Nouns in San Pedro Mixtepec Zapotec (Mexico)

Authors

  • Pafnuncio Antonio Ramos University of Sonora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n76a05

Keywords:

noun, monomorphemic, inanimate, animate, Zapotec

Abstract

The monomorphic substantives of the Zapotec of San Pedro Mixtepec are classified as inanimate and animated. These in turn are subclassified into native and non-native names. While native and non-native inanimates refer to things, native animates allude to terms of kinship and animal names. Non-native animates are used as proper names and animal names. The corpus used for the analysis is a database of 35 hours of transcriptions, which was required to observe the nominals in their isolated forms and in syntactic constructions.

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Author Biography

Pafnuncio Antonio Ramos, University of Sonora

PhD in Indo-American Linguistics from the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology-CIESAS (Mexico). Recently, he has completed two years of postdoctoral fellowship in Linguistics at the University of Santa Barbara, California-UCSB (United States). He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Sonora, Mexico. The lines of research in which he has worked are: segmental phonology, tonology, morphology, syntax, linguistic documentation, lexicography, language and culture. With these themes he has participated as a speaker and speaker at national and international events. He has also published some articles on the Zapoteco language in national and international journals. 

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Published

2019-10-18

How to Cite

Ramos, P. A. (2019). The Monomorphemic Inanimate and Animate Nouns in San Pedro Mixtepec Zapotec (Mexico). Lingüística Y Literatura, 40(76), 120–138. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n76a05

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Linguistic studies