K'iche' word order

K'iche' (K'ichean Mayan) is verb-initial. Intransitive clauses are verb–subject, and transitive clauses are verb–object–subject, the preferred order Mondloch describes, or verb–subject–object; subject-initial orders are increasingly found under Spanish contact. Clemens and Coon survey the derivational accounts of Mayan verb-initiality.

References

• [CC18]
• [Mon17]

def Kiche.clauseOrders : Finset (WordOrder.Arrangement WordOrder.Constituent 3)

The transitive clause orders, verb–object–subject preferred and verb–subject–object also found.

Equations

• Kiche.clauseOrders = {WordOrder.Arrangement.vos, WordOrder.Arrangement.vso}

theorem Kiche.verb_initial (a : WordOrder.Arrangement WordOrder.Constituent 3) : a ∈ clauseOrders → a.IsInitial WordOrder.Constituent.verb

Every order is verb-initial.