Ethnic Relations between the Q́eqchí and Poqomchí of Guatemala: Preservation, Transculturation and Mutual Influence

Mariscal, David Caballero

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.08.176

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“…A key prediction of our models is that conservation ethics will be geared towards conserving locally important species (those with a high positive value for r or r′ ). People conserve species of particular local importance to human well-being by assigning them special cultural status, for example, corn ( Zea mays ) among the Q'eqchí and Poqomchí peoples of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala [71], and fig trees ( Ficus spp.) in several societies in Africa and Asia [40].…”

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Value of species and the evolution of conservation ethics

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The theory of evolution by natural selection can help explain why people care about other species. Building upon recent insights that morality evolves to secure fitness advantages of cooperation, we propose that conservation ethics (moral beliefs, attitudes, intuitions and norms regarding other species) could be adaptations that support cooperation between humans and non-humans. We present eco-evolutionary cost–benefit models of conservation behaviours as interspecific cooperation (altruism towards members of other species). We find that an evolutionary rule identical in structure to Hamilton's rule (which explains altruistic behaviour towards related conspecifics) can explain altruistic behaviour towards members of other species. Natural selection will favour traits for selectively altering the success of members of other species (e.g. conserving them) in ways that maximize inclusive fitness return benefits. Conservation behaviours and the ethics that evolve to reinforce them will be sensitive to local ecological and socio-cultural conditions, so will assume different contours in different places. Difficulties accurately assessing costs and benefits provided by other species, time required to adapt to ecological and socio-cultural change and barriers to collective action could explain the apparent contradiction between the widespread existence of conservation ethics and patterns of biodiversity decline globally.

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Evangelization and Language Change: A Transition from the Progressive Aspect to the Future Tense in Two Mayan Languages

Vinogradov

2022

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This paper revisits the role that evangelization may have played in the diachronic development of Amerindian languages, with a focus on grammatical changes. Based on an analysis of written materials dating back to the colonial period and first-hand fieldwork data, it discusses the semantic transition from the progressive aspect to the future tense that occurred similarly in the verbal systems of Q'eqchi' and Poqomchi', two Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala. Although the diachronic path is shared, the morphemes and constructions involved are clearly different in the two languages. The spread of this particular change from one language to the other is attributed to contact between their speakers that could be reinforced by the considerable number of translations of authoritative religious texts made by Dominican missionaries during the colonial period. RESUMENEste art ıculo revisa el papel que la evangelizaci on pudo haber jugado en el desarrollo diacr onico de las lenguas amerindias, con un enfoque en los cambios gramaticales. Basado en un an alisis de fuentes escritas que provienen del per ıodo colonial y en los datos de trabajo de campo, este escrito discute la transici on sem antica del aspecto progresivo al tiempo futuro que ocurri o de manera similar en los sistemas verbales de Q'eqchi' y Poqomchi', dos lenguas mayas habladas en Guatemala. Aunque la ruta diacr onica se comparte, las marcas y construcciones involucradas son claramente distintas en las dos lenguas. La difusi on de este cambio de una lengua a la otra se atribuye al contacto entre sus hablantes que pudo haber sido reforzado por un n umero considerable de traducciones de autoritarios textos religiosos que los misioneros dominicos realizaron durante el per ıodo colonial.

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Ethnic Relations between the Q́eqchí and Poqomchí of Guatemala: Preservation, Transculturation and Mutual Influence

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Value of species and the evolution of conservation ethics

Value of species and the evolution of conservation ethics

Evangelization and Language Change: A Transition from the Progressive Aspect to the Future Tense in Two Mayan Languages

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