nam a22 c 4500 impact.48/728027174 nljbp 250625045323.0 cr ||||||||||| 241210s2021 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2020050374 9789027260246 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp PJ8993 492/.8 23 CFB bicssc LAN009050 bisacsh Grammatical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Ethiopian Languages Edited by Derib Ado, Almaz Wasse Gelagay and Janne Bondi Johannessen † Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021 ©2021 1 online resource (viii, 415 pp. ) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 1385-7908 48 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. The languages of Ethiopia / Derib Ado, Almaz Wasse Gelagay and Janne Bondi Johannessen † -- Term-formation methods in the Gamo language / Almaz Wasse Gelagay -- The ensete in Gurage / 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 / Lutz Edzard -- Reduplication in Oromo / Shimelis Mazengia Beyene -- Verbal derivations in Inor / Tsehay Abza -- An acoustic analysis of Amharic fricatives / Derib Ado -- 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 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. Provided by publisher. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Afro-Asiatic languages Sociolinguistics and Dialectology Syntax Theoretical linguistics Ado, Derib editor Gelagay, Almaz Wasse editor Johannessen, Janne Bondi editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021 9789027208330 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.48 Open Access https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027260246