Abstract

kind of semantic relationship, and it is equally typical that the grammatical structures expressing possession have more than one grammatical function. The primary purpose of this article will be to examine the various systems of grammatical structure in which possession plays a part in K'ekchi' (Maya).1 Possession here refers to structures involving possessive pronominal prefixes and their paraphrases. The grammatical subsystems in which possession plays a part in K'ekchi' include: (1) prepositional expressions, (2) alienable versus

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