Possessor extraction and categorical subject in Tseltalan.

The Tseltalan (Mayan) languages, Tsotsil and Tseltal, have two options for extracting the possessor in wh-questions. Wh-movement can either move the entire possessive phrase ('pied piping') or it can move the possessor alone, stranding the possessum. Each option is associated with restrictions relat...

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Published in:	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 63 - 114
Main Authors:	Aissen, Judith, Polian, Gilles
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Feb2025
Subjects:	Word order Collocation (Linguistics) Terms & phrases Argument Personal property
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost