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The Grammaticalizacion of Body Part Terms in Two Varieties of Zapotec

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2012
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pages 57-75
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Este artículo describe cómo los términos para partes del cuerpo en Zapoteco de Chichicapan y en Zapoteco de Coatecas Atlas han sido gramaticalizados para funcionar como preposiciones. Hay un enfoque especial en los usos para el término "cara".
This article describes how body part terms in both Chichicapan and Coatecas Atlas Zapotec have become grammaticalized to function as prepositions. There is special focus on the uses for the term 'face'.
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Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle; Sonnenschein, Aaron Huey, eds., Expressing location in Zapotec. Studies in Native American Linguistics 61; Münich, Germany: LINCOM GmbH. 9783895861550
Entry Number:
53378