Cover not available

In:Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology
Edited by Natalie Operstein and Aaron Huey Sonnenschein
[Typological Studies in Language 110] 2015
► pp. 23–54

Get fulltext from our e-platform
JBE logo with link
PDF logo with download linkDownload Book PDF
authorization required

Chapter 3. Valence-altering operations in zapotec

 | California State University, Fullerton
Published online: 16 December 2015
DOI logo with link
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.110.03ope
This chapter provides the first attempt to systematize data on valence-altering operations in Zapotec. It contributes both to cross-linguistic research on valence, by situating the valence phenomena of Zapotec within a common framework, and to Zapotecan linguistics, by discussing cross-family distribution of some of the most salient valence-changing devices. After a brief introduction to the morphology and classification of the Zapotec verb, the chapter first provides a general overview of valence phenomena in Zapotec languages and then a more detailed outline of valence-increasing and valence-decreasing mechanisms, with examples drawn from a range of languages from all branches of the family.
References (38)
References
Avelino, Heriberto, Foreman, John, Munro, Pamela & Sonnenschein, Aaron Huey. 2004. Covert subjects in Zapotecan. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, Boston, MA, January 2004.
Beam de Azcona, Rosemary G. 2004. A Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec Grammar. PhD dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.
. 2012. Valency-changing devices in Southern Zapotec languages. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, Portland OR, January 2012.
Black, Cheryl A. 2000. Quiegolani Zapotec Syntax: A Principles and Parameters Account. Dallas TX: SIL International & University of Texas at Arlington.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Butler, H., Inez M. 1976. Verb classification in Yatzachi Zapotec. SIL-Mexico Workpapers 2: 74-84.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Butler H., Inez M. 1980. Gramática zapoteca: zapoteco de Yatzachi El Bajo. México, DF: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
de Córdova, Juan. 1987 [1578]. Arte en lengua zapoteca. México DF: Ediciones Toledo.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Foreman, John Olen. 2006. The Morphosyntax of Subjects in Macuiltianguis Zapotec. PhD dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.
Gerdts, Donna B. Incorporation. In The Handbook of Morphology, Andrew Spencer & Arnold M. Zwicky (eds), 84-100. Oxford: Blackwell.
Haspelmath, Martin. 1993. More on the typology of inchoative/causative verb alternations. In Causatives and Transitivity [Studies in Language Companion Series 23], Bernard Comrie & Maria Polinsky (eds), 87-120. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Hopper, Paul. 1991. On some principles of grammaticization. In Approaches to Grammaticalization, Vol. 1: Focus on Theoretical and Methodological Issues [Typological Studies in Language 19], Elizabeth Closs Traugott & Bernd Heine (eds), 17-35. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Kaufman, Terrence. 1987. Aspects of Zapotec morphophonology: Verbs. Ms, University of Pittsburgh.
. 1994-2007. Proto-Zapotec reconstructions. Ms, University of Pittsburgh.
Kittilä, Seppo. 2009. Causative morphemes as non-valence increasing devices. Folia Linguistica 43: 67-94. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Kulikov, Leonid. 1993. The second causative: A typological sketch. In Causatives and Transitivity [Studies in Language Companion Series 23], Bernard Comrie & Maria Polinsky (eds), 121-154. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lamiroy, Béatrice & De Mulder, Walter. 2011. Degrees of grammaticalization across languages. In The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization, Heiko Narrog & Bernd Heine (eds), 302-317. Oxford: OUP.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Long, Rebecca and Cruz, Sofronio. 1999. Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca. México, DF: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lyman Boulden, Hilario. 2007. Gramática popular del zapoteco de Comaltepec, Choapan, Oaxaca. México DF: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Marks, Donna. 1980. Morphophonemics of the Guevea de Humboldt Zapotec verb. SIL-Mexico Workpapers 4: 43-84.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Merrill, Elizabeth D. 2008. The formation of causative in Tilquiapan Zapotec. SIL-Mexico Electronic Working Papers 5.
Munro, Pamela. 2006. Modal expression in Valley Zapotec. In The Expression of Modality, William Frawley (ed), 173-205. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Munro, Pamela & Lopez, Felipe H. 1999. Di’csyonaary X:tèe’n Dìi’zh Sah Sann Lu’uc (Dictionary of San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec / Diccionario Zapoteco de San Lucas Quiaviní), 2 vols. Los Angeles CA: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Nedjalkov, Vladimir P. & Silnickij, G.G. 1969. Tipologija morfologicheskogo i leksicheskogo kauzativov (Typology of the morphological and lexical causatives). In Tipologija kauzativnykh konstrukcij: Morfologicheskij kauzativ (T he Typology of Causative Constructions: The Morphological Causative ), Aleksandr A. Kholodovich (ed.), 20-50. Leningrad: Nauka.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Operstein, Natalie. 2012. Proto-Zapotec *tty/*ty and *ttz/*tz. International Journal of American Linguistics 78: 1-40. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Palmer, Frank R. 1986. Mood and Modality. Cambridge: CUP.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Persons, David D., Black, Cheryl A. & Persons, Jan A. 2009. Gramática de zapoteco de Lachixío. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. <[URL]>
Peterson, David August. 1999. Discourse-Functional, Historical, and Typological Aspects of Applicative Constructions. PhD dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.
Pickett, Velma, Black, Cheryl & Marcial Cerqueda, Vicente. 2001. Gramática popular del zapoteco del Istmo, 2nd edn. Juchitán: Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Binnizá & Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. <[URL]>Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Robinson, Dow F. 1963. Field Notes on Coatlan Zapotec. Hartford: Hartford Seminary Foundation.
Smith Stark, Thomas C. 1999. Cambios de valencia en el zapoteco de Chichicapan. Handout distributed at the Project for the Documentation of Languages of Mesoamerica, June/July.
. 2002. Las clases verbales del zapoteco de Chichicapan. In Memorias del VI Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Vol. 2, Zarina Estrada Fernández & Rosa María Ortiz Ciscomani (eds), 166-212. Hermosillo: University of Sonora.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 2007. Algunas isoglosas zapotecas. In Clasificación de las lenguas indígenas de México. Memorias del III Coloquio Internacional de Lingüística Mauricio Swadesh, Cristina Buenrostro, Samuel Herrera Castro, Yolanda Lastra, Juan José Rendón, Otto Schumann, Leopoldo Valiñas & María Aydée Vargas Monroy (eds), 69-133. México DF: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México & Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 2008. La flexión de tiempo, aspecto y modo en el verbo del zapoteco colonial del valle de Oaxaca. In Memorias del Coloquio Francisco Belmar, Ausencia López Cruz & Michael Swanton (eds), 377-419. Oaxaca: Biblioteca Francisco de Burgoa.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Sonnenschein, Aaron Huey. 2005. A Descriptive Grammar of San Bartolomé Zoogocho Zapotec. Munich: Lincom.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Speck, Charles H. 1978. The Phonology of Texmelucan Zapotec Verb Irregularity. M.A. thesis, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
. 1984. The phonology of the Texmelucan Zapotec verb. International Journal of American Linguistics 50: 139-164. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Speck, Charles H & Antonio, Juana. n.d. La historia de Lucecita en zapoteco de Texmelucan. Ms, SIL International.
Stubblefield, Morris & Carol Miller de Stubblefield. 1991. Diccionario zapoteco de Mitla, Oaxaca. México DF: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cited by (2)

Cited by two other publications

Palancar, Enrique L. & Leonardo Carranza Martínez
2025. Inflection class interactions and valency changes in Matlatzinca. Studies in Language 49:1 ► pp. 1 ff. DOI logo
Beam de Azcona, Rosemary G.
2024. The tonal morphology of the potential in Coatec Zapotec (Di′zhke′). Journal of Historical Linguistics 14:2 ► pp. 179 ff. DOI logo

This list is based on CrossRef data as of 7 december 2025. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.

Mobile Menu Logo with link to supplementary files background Layer 1 prag Twitter_Logo_Blue