Grammatical and sociolinguistic aspects of Ethiopian languages

• Titel: Grammatical and sociolinguistic aspects of Ethiopian languages
• Mitwirkende: Derib Ado [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Gelagay, Almaz Wasse [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Johannessen, Janne Bondi [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Derib Ado Jekale, Almaz Wasse Gelagay, Janne Bondi Johannessen
• Verlagsort: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
• Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: [2021]
• Umfang: viii, 415 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Abbildungen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Impact ; 48
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-90-272-0833-0
• ISBN: 978-90-272-6024-6
• Schlagwörter: (s)Äthiosemitische Sprachen / (s)Grammatik / (s)Soziolinguistik
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Grammatical and sociolinguistic aspects of Ethiopian languages. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021] |(DLC)2020050374
• K10plus-PPN: 1742313388

Abstract

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.

Abstract

"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 researchers receive ample coverage. And for the first time in the history of Ethiopian linguistics two chapters are dedicated to descriptive studies of Ethiopian Sign Language, as well as two studies on acoustic phonetics. Topics range over a wide spectrum of issues covering the lexicon, sociolinguistics, socio-cultural aspects and micro-linguistic studies on the phonology, morphology and syntax of Ethiopian languages"--