Perception verb complements in Akatek, a Mayan language

20 1. INTRODUCTION
(24) Hypothesis V
PVC types higher up in the hierarchy are more likely to denote
propositions, while PVC types lower in the hierarchy are
more likely to denote events.
(25) Hypothesis VI
All the complement types included in the typology of complementation
can function as PVCs, but PVC types are not
restricted to them.
I also consider the question of whether a connection can be established
between the traditional typological description of Akatek presented in
chapter 4 and the results of the typological considerations regarding
the PVC system of Akatek.
Chapter 6 develops a typology of PVC systems. Information on
PVC systems of selected languages supplements the results from the
study of English and Akatek PVC systems. These languages are Cayuga,
Mohawk, Nez Perce, Japanese, Cambodian, Fijian, Malagasy, Russian,
Modern Greek, the Albanian dialect Arberesh, Romance languages
(French, Italian and Spanish), and German. The variation of event
denoting and proposition denoting PVC types in these languages as
well as the variety ofPVC systems support the implicational hierarchy
established in chapter 5 and result in a number of correlations. The
results support Hypothesis V and VI and indicate that Hypothesis I
needs to be modi ed.
Chapter 7 summarizes the main ndings and places the study in a
wider linguistic perspective.