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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

Series Statement

Aethiopistische Forschungen, 0170-3196 ; Band 87

Uniform Title

Äthiopistische Forschungen ; Bd. 87.

Subject

• Gurage languages > Grammar
• Ethiopian languages > Grammar

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

PJ9288.1

ISBN

• 9783447118439
• 3447118431

LCCN

9783447118439

OCLC

• on1329218537
• 1329218537
• SCSB-14286627

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