Report Submitted to FAMSI - David Bolles (original) (raw)

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| | | THE FOUNDATION RESEARCH DEPARTMENT A Grammar of the Yucatecan Mayan Language (revised edition, 1996 Lee, New Hampshire) by David & Alejandra Bolles Table of Contents Foreword THE ALPHABET AND ITS PRONUNCIATION Vowels Vowel Length and Tone Orthographic Representations Consonants Accent and Tone PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE FOR THE MAYAN LANGUAGE CONTRACTIONS AND COMPLEX WORDS Contractions Complex Words THE NOUN Cases of Nouns Gender Nouns from Other Parts of Speech Other Uses of the -il Suffix in Nouns Other Suffixes PRONOUNS Demonstrative Pronouns and Related Parts of Speech Interrogative Pronouns and Adverbs MODIFYING WORDS AND PARTICLES ADJECTIVES Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Adjectives from Other Parts of Speech ADVERBS AND ADVERBIAL PARTICLES Adverbs from Other Parts of Speech CONJUNCTIVE WORDS AND PARTICLES NUMBER AND NUMBER CLASSIFIERS VERBS Transitive Verbs Model Transitive Verbs A Note about the Listing of Transitive Verbs in Colonial Dictionaries and Grammars Intransitive Verbs Passive Verbs Verbs from Other Parts of Speech Specialized Verbal Suffixes which Transform Other Parts of Speech into Verbs Causative - Receptive Verb Complex Further Discussion about Intransitive Verb Suffixes Other Intransitive Verb Suffixes Other Parts of Speech Derived from Verbs Reflexive Verbs Infinitives Defective and Irregular Verbs SENTENCE STRUCTURE DECLARATIVE SENTENCES Sentences without Verbs Sentences with Intransitive Verbs Sentences with Transitive Verbs Sentences with Passive Verbs INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES Interrogative Sentences Introduced by Interrogative Pronouns or Adverbs Interrogative Sentences without Verbs Intransitive Interrogative Sentences Transitive Interrogative Sentences Passive Interrogative Sentences Interrogative Sentences not Introduced by Interrogative Pronouns or Adverbs IMPERATIVE AND EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES Imperative Sentences Using the Imperative Tense INFLUENCES OF CONQUEST ON THE MAYAN LANUGUAGE GENERAL REMARKS ABOUT THE MAYAN LANGUAGE Contractions and Syncopations Consonant and Vowel Shifts Idiomatic Expressions Epilogue: On The Fate Of The Mayan Language AN ANTHOLOGY OF MAYAN LITERATURE Pre-Columbian and Colonial Mayan Literature Dresden Codex and The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel The Mani Land Treaty The Cuceb The Prophecy of Chilam Balam Zuyua Than yetel Naat U Anahte Okot Uchben Uinicoob Ritual of the Bacabs Medical Recipes The Caste War Literature An Autobiographical Note Written by Jose Sabino Uc Modern H-Men Rituals A Thanksgiving Ceremony Two Curing Ceremonies Two Bee Chants by Felipe Paz Modern Stories, Songs, and Other Folk Material from Northwestern Yucatan The Andrade Material Our Collection Origin of the Following Stories World Creation Stories from Kom Cħeen, Yucatan The Exploits of Juan Thul, The Trickster Rabbit Anthropomorphic Animal Stories Stories about People Short Stuff Riddles Songs Sources Cited A revised edition of A Grammar of the Yucatecan Mayan Language by David & Alejandra Bolles is available from: Labyrinthos Press, 3064 Holline Court, Lancaster, California 93535 Copyright © 2001, ISBN 0-911437-49-5 David Bolles davidbolles@att.net Next Page Return to top of page Text links to all pages at this site are available at the FAMSI INDEX | |