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Title

Descriptive grammar of Ezha : a Gurage language of Ethiopia (Ethio-Semitic) / Endalew Assefa.

Author

Assefa, Endalew

Publication

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2022.

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Description

xviii, 281 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

Except for a few fragmentary works intended to describe the specific aspects of the grammar of the Ezha language, there has not been any comprehensive work so far that can serve as a referential grammar.0This volume fills the gap by describing the language in its entirety taking into account the up-to-date linguistic methodologies and theories. It is believed that the carefully and systematically analyzed treasure of data and texts would contribute greatly in the study of Gurage languages in particular and Ethio-Semitic languages in general. The data were collected from native speakers of the language by paying subsequent visits to the place where the language is spoken. To maintain data authenticity and accuracy, the author made frequent checks and re-checks with different competent informants having taken all the linguistic fieldwork variables into consideration.0Way beyond serving the linguistic community as a reference grammar, this comprehensive description is also believed to play a significant role in future attempts to compile dictionaries and write primers as well as other reading materials in Ezha. In addition, this research work can be taken as an invaluable documentation of the language with a major impact in comparative South Ethio-Semitic linguistics and Ethio-Semitic studies at large.

Series Statement

Aethiopistische Forschungen, 0170-3196 ; Band 87

Uniform Title

Äthiopistische Forschungen ; Bd. 87.

Subject

• Gurage languages > Grammar
• Ethiopian languages > Grammar
• Gurage languages
• Language and languages > Grammars
• Ethiopian languages
• Ethiopia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281).

Contents

List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Symbols and Abbreviations -- Preamble -- Introduction -- The Language Area -- Classification of Gurage Languages -- Brief Survey of Related Literature -- The Language Data -- Methodology and Procedures -- Phonetics, Phonology -- Identification of Phonemes -- Consonants -- Vowels -- Minimal and Near Minimal Pairs -- Consonants -- Vowels -- Distribution of Phonemes -- Consonant Distribution -- Vowel Distribution -- Clusters of Phonemes -- Sonorant-Obstruent Sequences -- Obstruent-Sonorant Sequences -- Sonorant-Sonorant Sequences -- Obstruent-Obstruent Sequences -- Gemination -- Phonotactic Constraints -- Syllable Structure -- Phonological, Morphophonemic Processes -- Assimilation -- Homorganic Nasal Assimilation -- Total Assimilation of t -- Total assimilation of r -- Palatalization -- Labialization -- Non-Assimilative Palatalization -- Depalatalization -- Vowel Fronting -- Vowel Deletion -- Deletion of a Glide and a Vowel -- Epenthesis -- Vowel Insertion -- Glide Insertion -- Spirantization or Fricativization -- Minor Word Classes -- Pronouns -- Personal Pronouns -- Interrogative Pronouns -- Indefinite Pronouns -- Reflexive Pronouns -- Reciprocal Pronouns -- Selective Pronouns -- Pronouns of Totality -- Pronouns of Isolation, Emphatic Pronouns -- Determiners -- Demonstratives -- Quantifiers -- Cardinal Numerals -- Ordinal Numerals -- Non-Numeral Quantifiers -- Adpositions -- Major Word Classes and their Grammatical Categories -- Noun -- Simple Nouns -- Derived Nouns -- Abstract Nouns -- Verbal Nouns -- Associative Agent Nouns -- Agent Nouns -- Result Nouns -- Instrumental Nouns -- Language Names -- Compound Nouns -- Exocentric Compounds -- Endocentric Compounds -- Noun Inflection -- Number -- Gender -- Deflniteness -- Case -- Adjectives -- Simple Adjectives -- Derived Adjectives -- Compound Adjectives -- Semantic Sub-Classes of Adjectives -- Inflection of Adjectives -- Use of Adjectives -- Attributive Use -- Predicative Use -- Verbs -- Ezha Verb Types -- Base formation -- Type-A Verbal Bases -- Type-B Verbal Bases -- Type-C Verbal Bases -- Irregular Verbal Bases -- Stem Derivation -- Simple Stem Derivation -- Complex Stem Derivation -- Compound Verbs -- Verbal Inflection -- Subject Agreement -- Object Agreement -- Applicative -- Aspect, Tense, and Mood -- Negation -- The Impersonal -- Converbs -- Copular and Existential Verbs -- Adverbs -- Simple Adverbs -- Derived Adverbs -- Compound Adverbs -- Semantic Sub-Classes of Adverbs -- Adverbs of Time -- Adverbs of Frequency -- Adverbs of Manner -- Adverbs of Place -- Adverbs in Use -- Phrasal Categories -- Noun Phrase -- Adpositional Phrase -- Adjective Phrase -- Adverb Phrase -- Verb Phrase -- Complementation -- Verb Phrases Headed by Transitive Verbs -- Verb Phrases Headed by Intransitive Verbs -- Verb Phrases Headed by Copular and Existential Verbs -- Modification -- Verb Argument Structures -- Argument Structure of One Place (Intransitive and Non-Personal) Verbal Predicates -- Argument Structure of Two Place (Monotransitive) Verbal Predicates -- Argument Structure of Three Place ( Ditransitive) Verbal Predicates -- Clausal Syntax -- Clausal Types -- Simple Declarative Clauses -- Interrogative Clauses -- Polar Interrogatives -- Content Interrogatives -- Subordinate Clauses -- Conditionals -- Purpose, Reason Clauses -- Temporal Clauses -- Relative Clauses -- Clauses Involving Converbs -- Clauses Involving Verbal Nouns -- Complement Clauses -- Clausal Comparison -- Focus Marking -- Morphological Focus Marking -- Syntactic Focus Marking -- Topicalization -- Appendices -- Verbal Conjugations -- Greetings -- Narrative Texts -- Sample Ezha-English Word list -- References.

Call Number

ReCAP 23-3521

ISBN

• 9783447118439
• 3447118431

OCLC

1329218537

Author

Assefa, Endalew, author.

Title

Descriptive grammar of Ezha : a Gurage language of Ethiopia (Ethio-Semitic) / Endalew Assefa.

Publisher

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2022.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Aethiopistische Forschungen, 0170-3196 ; Band 87

Äthiopistische Forschungen ; Bd. 87.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281).

Local Subject

Black author.

Other Form:

9783447392815 e-book version

Research Call Number

ReCAP 23-3521