In:Grammatical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Ethiopian Languages
Edited by Derib Ado, Almaz Wasse Gelagay and Janne Bondi Johannessen †
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 48] 2021
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Published online: 23 April 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.48.toc
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Table of contents
The languages of Ethiopia: Aspects of the sociolinguistic profile1
Derib Ado
Almaz Wasse Gelagay
Janne Bondi Johannessen
Part I.Lexicon
Term-formation methods in the Gamo language15
Almaz Wasse Gelagay
The ensete in Gurage: Nomenclature, use and meaning extension35
Fekede Menuta
Part II.Sociolinguistics and culture
Language contact and its effects on language use of the Gurage varieties of
Muher65
Awlachew Shumneka Nurga
Ethnolinguistic perception and identity in Gurage91
Emebet Bekele Birkie
Sociolinguistic functions of the secret language of Gurage females119
Etaferahu Hailu Tessema
Gender and women representation in Gurage culture137
Fekede Menuta
Yigeremu Kifle
Part III.Grammar (syntax and morphology)
Manner of movement in Amharic173
Baye Yimam
Serial verb constructions in Sezo197
Girma Mengistu Desta
Number marking in Nuer nouns213
John Koang Nyang
Case-marking in Semitic in the light of the evidence in the Ethiopian language
area: Linguistic convergence and divergence229
Lutz Edzard
Reduplication in Oromo245
Shimelis Mazengia
Verbal derivations in Inor269
Tsehay Abza
Part IV.Phonetics
An acoustic analysis of Amharic fricatives303
Derib Ado Jekale
Durational variations in Oromo vowels345
Feda Negesse
Tujube Amansa
Part V.Sign language
The linguistic nature of expression of aspect in Ethiopian sign language367
Pawlos Kassu Abebe
Polysemy of Ethiopian sign language389
Woinshet Girma
Index413
