1st Edition

The Correct Language: Tojolabal

By Louanna Furbee-Losee Copyright 1976
424 Pages
by Routledge

418 Pages
by Routledge

424 Pages
by Routledge

Definitions of language cluster around two non-contradictory views: one that language is a shared code, a social entity, and the other that language is the knowledge that enables a native speaker to produce and understand speech. In examining the language and culture of the Tojolabal (Mayan) Indians of Mexico, this book argues that language is a cognitive system, as is culture, of which language... Read more
1. The Tojolabal-Maya  2. Elements of Tojolabal Morphology  3. Phonology  4. Some Aspects of Syntax and Semantics

Biography

Louanna Furbee-Losee