Affiliation:
1. University of Kansas
2. University of California Los Angeles
3. University of Toronto
Abstract
Abstract
This paper investigates the morphology, syntax, and semantics of five non-interrogative constructions that involve
wh-expressions in Kaqchikel, a Mayan language of the K’ichean branch spoken in Guatemala. We focus on the properties of maximal
free relative clauses, existential free relative clauses, ever free relative clauses, free choice items and
negative indefinites. We show that the interpretive properties of these constructions are strikingly similar to those found in a
number of unrelated languages.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company