Documentation of the syntax and specialized uses of Q'anjob'al (Maya)

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide to for the linguistic documentation of endangered language and knowledge. Grantees create multimedia collection of endangered languages. These collections are preserved and made freely available through the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) housed at the library of SOAS University of London.

This project will document the syntax of complex predicates and endangered specialized uses of Q'anjob'al. The syntactic description focuses on complex predicates such as adverbial clauses, secondary predicates, auxiliary verbs, complement clauses, and directionals. The texts to be collected will include ceremonial speech (i.e. corn planting, Mayan religion, house building, marriages, etc.) traditional medicine, customary laws, etc. and aspects of verbal art such as story telling, prayer, etc. The project will be carried out in a 24 month period in Santa Eulalia, Guatemala by a team consisting of Mateo, PhD student at the University of Texas, and two community members. Primary investigator: B'alam (Eladio) Mateo Toledo

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Location: Guatemala, Central America, Americas Organiser(s): Endangered Languages Documentation Programme Project partner(s): University of Texas at Austin Funder(s): Arcadia Funding received: £14,184.00 Commencement Date: 01/2001
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