Harmony rules in the suffix domain: a study of Maya scribal conventions

Author(s):
Lacadena, A.; Wichmann, S.K.
Published
2019
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

In 2004, Lacadena and Wichmann proposed a set of orthographic rules for the Maya script.

The choice of using one of three different patterns of syn- or disharmonic spellings allowed Maya

scribes to signal whether word-final syllables contained a short vowel, a long vowel or a glottal stop. In

our earlier paper we focused on the lexical evidence for these orthographic «harmony rules». Although it was stated that the rules apply equally well when a suffix is involved and when no suffix is involved, the data relating to the former situation were not discussed in detail. This is the aim of the present paper.

Date issued
2019
Language
English
Is part of
Revista Española de Antropología Americana (2019), Vol. 49, p. 183-208
hdl
1887/3133456
doi
10.5209/reaa.64966