Linguistics

Vowel deletion in two Aymara varieties

This paper compares vowel deletion processes in Contemporary and Historical Aymara varieties, highlighting their phonotactic, syntactic, and morphophonemic conditioning factors.

Jan 1, 2020

Verbal art as heuristic for semantic analyses: How non-prosodic poetic structure in the verbal art of Muylaq' Aymara (Muylaque, Peru) reveals semantic categories

This paper analyzes a traditional Aymara song from Peru, revealing semantic categories through non-prosodic poetic structure that would be missed in conventional linguistic analysis.

Jan 1, 2020

The Phonetics and Phonology of Laryngeal Features in Native American Languages

This edited volume explores laryngeal features in Native American languages, investigating how these complex phonetic and phonological properties interact in language systems across the continent.

May 9, 2016

Aymara Inflection

This chapter describes the complex nominal and verbal inflection systems of Aymara, highlighting its agglutinative nature and rich morphological features.

Jan 19, 2016

Introduction to Laryngeal Features in Languages of the Americas

This introductory chapter provides an overview of research on laryngeal features in indigenous languages of the Americas, establishing the framework for the edited volume.

Jan 1, 2016

An ethnomusical and linguistic description of the Añasita song as sung by the Aymara of Muylaq'i

This paper presents an ethnomusical and linguistic analysis of the traditional 'Añasita' song from the Aymara-speaking community of Muylaq'i in Peru.

Jan 1, 2015