David Mora-Marin
David Mora-Marin
Ph.D. 2001, State University of New York at Albany
http://www.unc.edu/~davidmm
davidmm@unc.edu
Office: Dey 325
David Mora-Marin, affiliated with both the Linguistics Department and
the Duke-UNC Consortium for Latin American Studies, specializes in
historical linguistics and the epigraphic study of ancient Mayan
hieroglyphic inscriptions. Currently he is working on the linguistic
structure (e.g. morphosyntax, pragmatics) and historical development of
Mayan texts, such as the identification of the language that was used
as the standard of Classic Lowland Mayan texts (A.D. 200-900) and the
nature of Mayan orthographic conventions. He is very much interested in
the origin of Mayan writing, its relationship to other Mesoamerican
scripts (e.g. Zapotec, Epi-Olmec), and the sociocultural factors that
served as the background for the development of writing. This year he
is teaching Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics,
and Survey of Mesoamerican Languages.
Seems like a great person to consult with about writing systems.