# Clindaniel 2019: Toward a Grammar of the Inka Khipu: Investigating the Production of Non-numerical Signs

> Jon Clindaniel, 2019. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the label-grammar reading.

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# Toward a Grammar of the Inka Khipu: Investigating the Production of Non-numerical Signs

Jon Clindaniel, 2019. _PhD dissertation, Harvard University_.

Analyses non-numerical khipu signs and argues they functioned as predicates in binary, hierarchical pairs, conventional across the empire but limited by genre and region, and proposes readings for several.

**Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records** ThesisChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the label-grammar reading.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[A corpus analysis finds non-numerical signs acting as paired predicates, conventional across the empire.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/evidence/EVD0D4V81T856ZT/a-corpus-analysis-finds-non-numerical-signs-acting-as-paired)

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[Jon Clindaniel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/people/FIG0D4V7X5T0C9C/jon-clindaniel)

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[Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu)

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## Cite it

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Clindaniel, J. (2019). Toward a Grammar of the Inka Khipu: Investigating the Production of Non-numerical Signs. PhD dissertation, Harvard University. https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42029631
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[Read it free at dash.harvard.edu](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42029631)

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