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Grammatical and sociolinguistic aspects of Ethiopian languages /

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"The focus of this unique publication is on Ethiopian languages and linguistics. Not only major languages such as Amharic and Oromo receive attention, also lesser studied ones like Sezo and Nuer are dealt with. The Gurage languages that often present a descriptive and sociolinguistic puzzle to...

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Other Authors: Derib Ado (Editor), Gelagay, Almaz Wasse (Editor), Johannessen, Janne Bondi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]
Series:IMPACT : studies in language, culture and society, volume 48
Subjects:
Ethiopian languages > Grammar.
Ethiopian languages > Social aspects.
Langues éthiopiennes > Grammaire.
Langues éthiopiennes > Aspect social.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The languages of Ethiopia : aspects of the sociolinguistic profile / Derib Ado Jekale, Almaz Wasse Gelagay and Janne Bondi Johannessen
  • Term-formation methods in the Gamo language / Almaz Wasse Gelagay
  • The ensete in Gurage : nomenclature, use and meaning extension / Fekede Menuta
  • Language contact and its effects on language use of the Gurage varieties of Muher / Awlachew Shumneka Nurga
  • Ethnolinguistic perception and identity in Gurage / Emebet Bekele Birkie
  • Sociolinguistic functions of the secret language of Gurage females / Etaferahu Hailu Tessema
  • Gender and women representation in Gurage culture of Ethiopia / Fekede Menuta and Yigeremu Kifle
  • Manner of movement in Amharic / Baye Yimam
  • Serial verb constructions in Sezo /Girma Mengistu Desta
  • Number marking in Nuer nouns / John Koang Nyang
  • Case-marking in Semitic in the light of the evidence in the Ethiopian language area : linguistic convergence and divergence / Lutz Edzard
  • Reduplication in Oromo / Shimelis Mazengia Beyene
  • Verbal derivations in Inor / Tsehay Abza
  • An acoustic analysis of Amharic fricatives / Derib Ado Jekale
  • Durational variations in Oromo vowels / Feda Negesse and Tujube Amansa
  • The linguistic nature of expression of aspect in Ethiopian sign language / Pawlos Kassu Abebe
  • Polysemy of Ethiopian sign language / Woinshet Girma Ayansa.