The Pipil Language of El Salvador (Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] Book 1)

The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is available on the language in question. There are no restrictions as to language family or area, and although special attention is paid to hitherto undescribed languages, new and valuable treatments of better known languages are also included. No theoretical model is imposed on the authors; the only criterion is a high standard of scientific quality. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert. Dedication 5 Acknowledgements 7 Abbreviations 8 Chapter 1. Introduction 15 1.0. Introduction 15 1.1. Social and geographical position 16 1.2. Classification 16 1.3. Ethnohistory 20 1.4. Pipil dialectology 27 Chapter 2. Phonology 38 2.0. Introduction 38 2.1. The phonetic value of the orthographic symbols 38 2.2. Phonological processes (morphophonemic rules) 42 Chapter 3. Grammatical Categories and Morphology 53 3.0. Introduction 53 3.1. Nouns 53 3.2. Pronouns 67 3.3. Articles and demonstratives 70 3.4. Quantifiers 72 3.5. Locatives 73 3.6. Adjectives 75 3.7. Verbs 79 Chapter 4. Syntax 115 4.0. Introduction 115 4.1. Word order 115 4.2. “to be” 124 4.3. Non-distinct arguments 127 4.4. Questions 128 4.5. Imperatives 129 4.6. Possession 131 4.7. Locatives (see 3.5) 134 4.8. Demonstratives (see 3.3) 134 4.9. Adjective in larger constructions 134 4.10. Comparatives 135 4.11. Coordination 135 4.12. Complement clauses 139 4.13. Cleft sentences 141 4.14. Relative clauses 142 4.15. Adverbial clauses 144 4.16. Conditional sentences 149 4.17. Auxiliaries 150 4.18. Complex verb phrases 154 4.19. -chiwa + Spanish infinitive 157 Chapter 5. Pipil-Spanish-English Dictionary 159 5.0. Introduction 159 Chapter 6. Spanish-Pipil Dictionary 611 6.0. Introduction 611 Chapter 7. Texts 882 7.0. Introduction 882 Los Huracaneros (H) 883 The Hurricaners (English version) 887 El Arco (A) 889 The Arch (English version) 892 La Siguanaba (S) 894 The Siguanaba (English version) 899 El Sipitillo (Sip) 901 The Sipitillo (English version) 902 Historia de un Rey (R) 903 The Story of a King (English version) 908 El Nanahuatzin (N) 910 The Nanahuatzin (English version) 923 Appendix 1 Pipil and Other Varieties of Nahua 927 Appendix 2 Varieties of Nahua in Guatemala 952 Bibliography 959

The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is available on the language in question. There are no restrictions as to language family or area, and although special attention is paid to hitherto undescribed languages, new and valuable treatments of better known languages are also included. No theoretical model is imposed on the authors; the only criterion is a high standard of scientific quality.

Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Grammatical Categories And Morphology -- 4. Syntax -- 5. Pipil-spanish-english Dictionary -- 6. Spanish-pipil Dictionary -- 7. Texts -- Appendices -- Bibliography. Lyle Campbell. Bibliography: P. [943]-957.