Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Mayan languages, *-e:r, adverbial deictic clitic, past tense
College
Humanities
Department
Linguistics and English Language
Abstract
Common Mayan had a suffix, *-e:r, which was an adverbial deictic clitic indicating past tense. (1) Its form and function remained fairly regular throughout the evolution of Common Mayan into more than 30 distinct languages. This study focuses on its evolution in the construction #-TIME-e:r, a Mayan phrase meaning “# days ago,” and that of its complementary phrase #-TIME, meaning “# days from now.” The most frequently occurring construction uses a form of the morpheme *-e:j “day,” as in Colonial Kaqchikel coh-eh-er “four days ago.”
Recommended Citation
Barber, Christy and Robertson, Dr. John
(2013)
"The Evolution of *-e:r in Mayan Languages,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 928.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/928