Mixtec classifiers before typology: Rereading Arte en lengua mixteca by Antonio de los Reyes (1593)

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https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v11i1.6079

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Mixtec; noun classifiers; Antonio de los Reyes; missionary grammars

Abstract

In this paper we examine the description of noun classifiers in the Teposcolula variety of Mixtec (Otomanguean; Mexico) in Arte en lengua mixteca by Antonio de los Reyes (d.1603). His 1593 grammar is a valuable source of information about 16th-century Mixtec, which showed little influence from Spanish. Among its innovative features, de los Reyes described the semantic, functional, and diachronic properties of noun classifiers with a detail and accuracy that strikingly anticipates modern typological accounts.

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  • Elwira Dexter-Sobkowiak, University of Warsaw
    Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity Faculty of "Artes Liberales" University of Warsaw
  • Marcin Kilarski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

    Faculty of English

    Department of Contemporary English Language

    Associate Professor

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2026-06-05

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2026): Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America

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Copyright (c) 2026 Elwira Dexter-Sobkowiak, Marcin Kilarski

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Elwira, Dexter-Sobkowiak, and Marcin Kilarski. 2026. “Mixtec Classifiers before Typology: Rereading Arte En Lengua Mixteca by Antonio De Los Reyes (1593)”. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 11 (1): 6079. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v11i1.6079.