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Descriptive Grammar of Ezha : A Gurage Language of Ethiopia (Ethio-Semitic) /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Assefa, Endalew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2022.
Colección:Äthiopistische Forschungen ; bd. 87.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Pages
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Symbols and Abbreviations
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1. The Language Area
  • 1.2. Classification of Gurage Languages
  • 1.3. Brief Survey of Related Literature
  • 1.4. The Language Data
  • 1.5. Methodology and Procedures
  • Chapter 2: Phonetics/Phonology
  • 2.1. Identification of Phonemes
  • 2.1.1. Consonants
  • 2.1.2. Vowels
  • 2.1.3. Minimal and Near Minimal Pairs
  • 2.1.3.1. Consonants
  • 2.1.3.2. Vowels
  • 2.2. Distribution of Phonemes
  • 2.2.1. Consonant Distribution
  • 2.2.2. Vowel Distribution
  • 2.3. Clusters of Phonemes
  • 2.3.1. Sonorant-Obstruent Sequences
  • 2.3.2. Obstruent-Sonorant Sequences
  • 2.3.3. Sonorant-Sonorant Sequences
  • 2.3.4. Obstruent-Obstruent Sequences
  • 2.4. Gemination
  • 2.5. Phonotactic Constraints
  • 2.6. Syllable Structure
  • 2.7. Phonological/Morphophonemic Processes
  • 2.7.1. Assimilation
  • 2.7.1.1. Homorganic Nasal Assimilation
  • 2.7.1.2. Total Assimilation of t
  • 2.7.1.3. Total Assimilation of r
  • 2.7.1.4. Palatalization
  • 2.7.2. Labialization
  • 2.7.3. Non-Assimilative Palatalization
  • 2.7.4. Depalatalization
  • 2.7.5. Vowel Fronting
  • 2.7.6. Vowel Deletion
  • 2.7.7. Deletion of a Glide and a Vowel
  • 2.7.8. Epenthesis
  • 2.7.8.1. Vowel Insertion
  • 2.7.8.2. Glide Insertion
  • 2.7.9. Spirantization or Fricativization
  • Chapter 3: Minor Word Classes
  • 3.1. Pronouns
  • 3.1.1. Personal Pronouns
  • 3.1.2. Interrogative Pronouns
  • 3.1.3. Indefinite Pronouns
  • 3.1.4. Reflexive Pronouns
  • 3.1.5. Reciprocal Pronouns
  • 3.1.6. Selective Pronouns
  • 3.1.7. Pronouns of Totality
  • 3.1.8. Pronouns of Isolation/Emphatic Pronouns
  • 3.2. Determiners
  • 3.2.1. Demonstratives
  • 3.2.2. Quantifiers
  • 3.2.2.1. Cardinal Numerals
  • 3.2.2.2. Ordinal Numerals
  • 3.2.3. Non-Numeral Quantifiers
  • 3.3. Adpositions
  • Chapter 4: Major Word Classes and their Grammatical Categories
  • 4.1. Noun
  • 4.1.1. Simple Nouns
  • 4.1.2. Derived Nouns
  • 4.1.2.1. Abstract Nouns
  • 4.1.2.2. Verbal Nouns
  • 4.1.2.3. Associative Agent Nouns
  • 4.1.2.4. Agent Nouns
  • 4.1.2.5. Result Nouns
  • 4.1.2.6. Instrumental Nouns
  • 4.1.2.7. Language Names
  • 4.1.3. Compound Nouns
  • 4.1.3.1. Exocentric Compounds
  • 4.1.3.2. Endocentric Compounds
  • 4.1.4. Noun Inflection
  • 4.1.4.1. Number
  • 4.1.4.2. Gender
  • 4.1.4.3. Definiteness
  • 4.1.4.4. Case
  • 4.2. Adjectives
  • 4.2.1. Simple Adjectives
  • 4.2.2. Derived Adjectives
  • 4.2.3. Compound Adjectives
  • 4.2.4. Semantic Sub-Classes of Adjectives
  • 4.2.5. Inflection of Adjectives
  • 4.2.6. Use of Adjectives
  • 4.2.6.1. Attributive Use
  • 4.2.6.2. Predicative Use
  • 4.3. Verbs
  • 4.3.1. Ezha Verb Types
  • 4.3.2. Base Formation
  • 4.3.2.1. Type-A Verbal Bases
  • 4.3.2.2. Type-B Verbal Bases
  • 4.3.2.3. Type-C Verbal Bases
  • 4.3.2.4. Irregular Verbal Bases
  • 4.3.3. Stem Derivation
  • 4.3.3.1. Simple Stem Derivation
  • 4.3.3.2. Complex Stem Derivation