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The verb phrase in Huixtec Tzotzil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Marion M. Cowan and
William R. Merrifield
Marion M. Cowan
Affiliation:
Summer Institute of Linguistics
William R. Merrifield
Affiliation:
Summer Institute of Linguistics
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Abstract

A proposal for modifying the tagmemic model is here illustrated in the description of the Huixtec Tzotzil verb phrase. Pike's notion of slot-class (Longacre's function-set) is retained, but the close correlation of slot and class as properties of a unit of grammar (the tagmeme) is rejected. An attempt is made to partially specify the form of rules in the lexical hierarchy of Tzotzil, here termed the semantic component. Rules for relating its semantic, syntactic, and phonological components are also presented.

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Language , Volume 44 , Issue 2-Part1 , June 1968, pp. 284 - 305
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Copyright © 1968 by Linguistic Society of America

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