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      Clefts and focus in Yucatec Maya Translated title: Oraciones escindidas y foco en maya yucateco

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          Abstract Yucatec Maya (Mayan, Mexico) shows a number of focus constructions where foci appear to the left of the verb, similarly to what has been observed in languages like Hungarian. There has been extensive debate in Yucatec specifically, and in Mayan languages in general, as to whether or not these focus constructions are clefts. This paper contributes to this ongoing debate by presenting four new types of evidence that point to the conclusion that focus constructions in Yucatec are not clefts. The evidence presented here indicates that monoclausal focus constructions and clefts are different with respect to (i) the obligatory nature of agent focus morphology; (ii) the possibility of inversion; (iii) the possibility of having a negative pronoun as the focus, and; (iv) the possibility of having verb focus constructions.

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          Resumen En maya yucateco (maya, México) se observa un conjunto de construcciones de foco en las que los constituyentes focalizados aparecen a la izquierda del verbo, de manera similar a como se ha observado en otras lenguas como el húngaro. Tanto para el maya yucateco en específico, como para las lenguas mayas en general, existe un intenso debate respecto a si estas construcciones son oraciones escindidas. Este trabajo contribuye al debate en cuestión presentando cuatro nuevos tipos de evidencia que apuntan a que las construcciones de foco en maya yucateco no son oraciones escindidas. La evidencia que aquí se presenta muestra que las construcciones de foco monoclausales y las oraciones escindidas son diferentes en cuanto a (i) el carácter obligatorio de la morfología de foco de agente; (ii) la posibilidad de mostrar inversión; (iii) la posibilidad de que un pronombre negativo funcione como foco y, (iv) la posibilidad de mostrar construcciones de foco de verbo.

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                clcm
                Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México
                Cuad. Lingüíst. Col. Méx.
                El Colegio de México A.C. (Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico )
                2007-736X
                June 2017
                : 4
                : 1
                : 5-47
                Affiliations
                [1] orgnameEl Colegio de México México rogutierrez@ 123456colmex.mx
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                S2007-736X2017000100005
                10.24201/clecm.v4i1.52
                95e38cec-3a4d-43c4-af06-6fe40d2c60e8

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 29 January 2016
                : 21 November 2016
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