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CAN PIXABAJ, Telma Angelina. A Glance at Inchoative-Causative Alternation Pairs in K'iche'. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2016, vol.11, n.22, pp.138-164. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2016.22.273.

Following Haspelmath's typological proposals (1993), this study describes and analyzes pairs of inchoative-causative alternation in the K'iche' language. The author indicates that the verbs in alternation remit to pairs of verbs expressive of the same situation and differ inasmuch as the causative aspect includes an external cause, whereas the inchoative does not. The author uses data from 21 languages, none of which is Mesoamerican. On one hand, the results of this analysis contribute relevant data to a typological study of the topic, such as the occurrence of the anticausative form, which is not common in many languages, but is recorded in the K'iche' language. On the other hand, this could be generalized to other Mayan languages, specifically in some aspects, such as the use of positional verbs and verbs with a passive and antipassive morphology in order to form the inchoative.

Palabras llave : positional verbs; passive and antipassive morphology; verb in alternations.

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