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3.1.3 Queque 'head' I found no instances of queque 'head' being used to refer to a human head in the documents, although Cordova does define it as "cabeça generalmente” 'head, in general' (Cordova 1578a, 63). The nominal uses in the documents seem to be metaphorical extensions from the body part, as in both (27) and (28), where 'head' is used to refer to the head of a town, perhaps a larger political organizational unit 9 . In (28) a shorter form, que, is used instead of queque. Que may be another form for 'head' or there may have been some haplology occurring in this case, because of the phonetic similarity of the following syllable. (27) Hu643, lines 1-2 ny lao queche santo donmi [go] xiteni queque queche Huizo here in town Santo Domingo of head town Huizo 'Here in the town of Santo Domingo belonging to the head of the town of Huizo' (28) Hu642, lines 5-6 don Pedro de Rojas alcalde ordinario lao que queche Huizo don Pedro de Rojas alcalde ordinario in head town Huizo 'Don Pedro de Rojas, alcalde ordinario of the head of the town Huizo' 3.1.4 Ni 'foot' Cordova defines ni as "pie o mano de animal quadrupede” 'foot or forefoot of a four-legged animal' (Cordova 1578a, 314) and its appearance as a noun in the document is a metaphorical extension of the body part meaning, as in (24) below, where ni refers to the foot of the will. 9 Kevin Terraciano (p.c.) has suggested that the expression que(que) queche might be analyzed as ‘the head town,’ referring to the cabecera. He notes that Nahuatl and Mixtec developed similar terminology involving the words for head and town to refer to the new colonial designation of a cabecera. However, this would require a structure in which the modifier precedes the head, which is unusual for head initial languages. 37
(29) Za719 page 3, lines 23-24 quijchij testamento=ni ni=ni huane ro-chiua testigos laa=ni paper will=3 foot=3 and HAB-sign witnesses name=3 'The foot of his will and the witnesses sign their names.' 3.1.4 Cue 'side' It is not entirely clear from the definition in Cordova if cue was used as a body part in the Colonial era; it is defined as “lado derecho or siniestro” 'right or left side' (Cordova 1578a, 238v), and it is not included in the list of body parts in the grammar (Cordova 1578b, 199-201). Given that there is variation among modern VZ languages and among speakers as to whether cwe'eh 'side' can be used as a body part, it will be interesting to continue to pursue its status in the Colonial documents as we continue this research. In the documents we see non-body part nominal uses of cue, as in (30) below were it is used to delimit a plot of land, referring to the east side, the west side, and the side toward Oaxaca City. (30) Oc715, lines 23-30 pi-chaga pisa cue ri-llani gobicha cue PERF-join marker side HAB-rises sun side cue r-ina lolaa pi- chaga pisaa Mateo de la cruz side HAB-look Oaxaca PERF-join marker Mateo de la Cruz chela cue ri-ase gobicha pi-chaga pisa Migel Sanches and side HAB-set sun PERF-join marker Migel Sanchez '[The land] adjoined the marker on the side [where] the sun rises, [and on] the side [that] faces Oaxaca, it adjoined the marker of Mateo de la Cruz, and [on] the side the sun sets it adjoined the marker of Migel Sanchez' 38
Page 1: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angele
Page 4 and 5: TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page i Sign
Page 6 and 7: 4.4.1 Dissociation between Acquisit
Page 8 and 9: TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1. Map of M
Page 10 and 11: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I sincerely thank
Page 12 and 13: The Categorial Status of Body Part
Page 14 and 15: SLQZ has been described in a dictio
Page 16 and 17: VZ languages have six vowels, as pr
Page 18 and 19: . Nàa're' zòob=a' làa'iny co'ch.
Page 20 and 21: Other linguists have commented on t
Page 22 and 23: Table 4. Possessed Body Parts in Va
Page 24 and 25: tables are not intended to be an ex
Page 26 and 27: cannot, even though it seems as tho
Page 28 and 29: other possessed nouns should also o
Page 30 and 31: constructions are nouns, one would
Page 32 and 33: Figure 3. Snake on Upside-down Car
Page 34 and 35: Figure 5. Snake under Car Figure 6.
Page 36 and 37: If one were to analyze BP prepositi
Page 38 and 39: Constructions using directional ver
Page 40 and 41: 2.9.3 Projecting Space This extensi
Page 42 and 43: . Rbèez=a' làa'iny Sann Lu'uc. (S
Page 44 and 45: allow for some types of morpho-synt
Page 46 and 47: Table 11. BP Terms as Prepositions
Page 50 and 51: 3.2 Examples of Body Part Prepositi
Page 52 and 53: (39) Co721, page 5, lines 12-15 Laa
Page 54 and 55: 3.2.3 Rua 'at the edge of' The only
Page 56 and 57: 4.1 Participants Four children were
Page 58 and 59: The children were tested in their h
Page 60 and 61: epresenting the picture on the left
Page 62 and 63: Table 14. Body Part Test Left Pictu
Page 64 and 65: while still natural. Upon consultat
Page 66 and 67: Table 15. Body Part Preposition Tes
Page 68 and 69: Table 16. Results for Lorena 6;4 Bo
Page 70 and 71: Table 18. Results for Vanesa 1;6 Bo
Page 72 and 73: Table 20. SLQZ Acquisition of Body
Page 74 and 75: In an earlier paper, Jensen de Lóp
Page 76 and 77: 4.5 Conclusions There is no evidenc
Page 78 and 79: References Córdova, Fr. Juan de. 1
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