Grammatical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Ethiopian Languages

Editors

Derib Ado | Addis Ababa University

Almaz Wasse Gelagay | Kotebe Metropolitan University

Janne Bondi Johannessen | University of Oslo

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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, but also lesser studied ones like Sezo and Nuer are dealt with. The Gurage languages, that often present a descriptive and sociolinguistic puzzle to researchers, have received 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.

[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 48] 2021. viii, 415 pp.

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https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.48

Table of Contents

The languages of Ethiopia: Aspects of the sociolinguistic profile

Derib Ado, Almaz Wasse Gelagay and Janne Bondi Johannessen | pp. 1–12

Part I. Lexicon

Term-formation methods in the Gamo language

Almaz Wasse Gelagay | pp. 15–34

The ensete in Gurage: Nomenclature, use and meaning extension

Fekede Menuta | pp. 35–62

Part II. Sociolinguistics and culture

Language contact and its effects on language use of the Gurage varieties of Muher

Awlachew Shumneka Nurga | pp. 65–90

Ethnolinguistic perception and identity in Gurage

Emebet Bekele Birkie | pp. 91–118

Sociolinguistic functions of the secret language of Gurage females

Etaferahu Hailu Tessema | pp. 119–136

Gender and women representation in Gurage culture of Ethiopia

Fekede Menuta and Yigeremu Kifle | pp. 137–170

Part III. Grammar (syntax and morphology)

Manner of movement in Amharic

Baye Yimam | pp. 173–196

Serial verb constructions in Sezo

Girma Mengistu Desta | pp. 197–212

Number marking in Nuer nouns

John Koang Nyang | pp. 213–228

Case-marking in Semitic in the light of the evidence in the Ethiopian language area: Linguistic convergence and divergence

Lutz Edzard | pp. 229–244

Reduplication in Oromo

Shimelis Mazengia | pp. 245–268

Verbal derivations in Inor

Tsehay Abza | pp. 269–300

Part IV. Phonetics

An acoustic analysis of Amharic fricatives

Derib Ado | pp. 303–344

Durational variations in Oromo vowels

Feda Negesse and Tujube Amansa | pp. 345–364

Part V. Sign language

The linguistic nature of expression of aspect in Ethiopian sign language

Pawlos Kassu Abebe | pp. 367–388

Polysemy of Ethiopian sign language

Woinshet Girma | pp. 389–412

Index | pp. 413–415

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