A) MAN -determinative with the face of a man (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 490r); B) OLD MAN -determinative with the face of a wrinkled man (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 490r); C) DEAD MAN -determinative with the shadowed face of a man (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 492v); D) WIDOWER -determinative with the face of a man with tears (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 608r); E) WOMAN -determinative with the face of a woman (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 492r); F) OLD WOMAN -determinative with the face of a wrinkled woman (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 532r); G) DEAD WOMAN -determinative with the shadowed face of a woman (Códice Vergara f. 6r); H) WIDOW -determinative with the face of a woman with tears (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 608r); I) BOY -determinative with the face of a boy (Códice de Santa María Asunción f. 6r); J) GIRL -determinative with girl wearing a blouse (Códice de Santa María Asunción f. 6r); K) BABY BOY -determinative with a baby's cradle (Códice Vergara f. 2v); L) BABY GIRL (DEAD) -determinative with a baby's cradle with a little blouse on top and shadowed (Códice Vergara f. 2v); M) NOBLE MAN -determinative with the face of a man wearing a xiuhuitzolli (Calpan, Confirmación de las elecciones, bnf Doc. 73); N) BLIND MAN -determinative with the face of a man with the eyes crossed out (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 546v); O) HOUSEHOLD -determinative with a house and the name of the family inside (Matrícula de Huexotzingo f. 485v); P) DEFEATED TOWN -determinative with thatched roofed house in flames (Códice Mendoza f. 2v)

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... my own point of view, regarding the case of the red lines that tie two spouses, they work in the same way semantic determinatives do, as they are not uttered and, instead, they provide semantic information that helps to determine the relationship of the terms they unite (see figure 7). are included in figure 12. This is not an extensive list, but it includes a number of the most common examples. ...

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... we attend to the mechanisms used to differentiate one determinative from the other, they employ a stereotyped image of how a category must be represented. In the case of the determinatives for man (figure 12.A) and woman ( figure 12.E), what characterizes them are their haircuts, particularly that of the woman, as the two knots on top are shared by the determinatives associated with adult women (figure 12.E-H). Wrinkles are the main characteristic of aged people ( figure 12.B, F) and tears represent a mourning person, which is the way widows and widowers are pictured ( figure 12.D, H). ...

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... the case of the determinatives for man (figure 12.A) and woman ( figure 12.E), what characterizes them are their haircuts, particularly that of the woman, as the two knots on top are shared by the determinatives associated with adult women (figure 12.E-H). Wrinkles are the main characteristic of aged people ( figure 12.B, F) and tears represent a mourning person, which is the way widows and widowers are pictured ( figure 12.D, H). Regarding dead people ( figure 12.C, G), they are represented using the same determinatives for adults, but their faces have been grayed out, and sometimes their eyes shut, to signal the lack of life in them. ...

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... the case of the determinatives for man (figure 12.A) and woman ( figure 12.E), what characterizes them are their haircuts, particularly that of the woman, as the two knots on top are shared by the determinatives associated with adult women (figure 12.E-H). Wrinkles are the main characteristic of aged people ( figure 12.B, F) and tears represent a mourning person, which is the way widows and widowers are pictured ( figure 12.D, H). Regarding dead people ( figure 12.C, G), they are represented using the same determinatives for adults, but their faces have been grayed out, and sometimes their eyes shut, to signal the lack of life in them. ...

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... are the main characteristic of aged people ( figure 12.B, F) and tears represent a mourning person, which is the way widows and widowers are pictured ( figure 12.D, H). Regarding dead people ( figure 12.C, G), they are represented using the same determinatives for adults, but their faces have been grayed out, and sometimes their eyes shut, to signal the lack of life in them. This is applied to the children's determinatives too, which may take this determinative to indicate a deceased sibling (figure 12.L). ...

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... is applied to the children's determinatives too, which may take this determinative to indicate a deceased sibling (figure 12.L). Also regarding children, girls are distinguished by the display of a huipil, an embroidered blouse only worn by women ( figure 12.J, L). Blind men are represented with lines crossing their eyes 18 (figure 12.N), as if wearing a band, to show their inability to see. ...