Cutting and breaking verbs in Otomi: An example of lexical specification

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In this article, I show that Otomi (Otopamean; Otomanguean) is a language with a high degree of lexical specification and a lack of generic verbs. This phenomenon is illustrated with the study of verbs denoting cutting and breaking events. © Walter de Gruyter 2007.

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Palancar, E. L. (2007). Cutting and breaking verbs in Otomi: An example of lexical specification. Cognitive Linguistics, 18(2), 307–317. https://doi.org/10.1515/COG.2007.018

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