Descriptive Grammar of Ezha
A Gurage Language of Ethiopia (Ethio-Semitic)
by Endalew Assefa
Hardback (Published)
(June 2022)
ISBN: 9783447118439
Price: $117.00
On back order
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. This volume by Endalew Assefa fills the gap by describing the language in its entirety taking into account the up-to-date linguistic methodologies and theories.
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. This volume by Endalew Assefa fills the gap by describing the language in its entirety taking into account the up-to-date linguistic methodologies and theories. The carefully and systematically analyzed treasure of data and texts contribute 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. Way 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.
- By (author) Endalew Assefa
Other Titles in this Series
Secundus Taciturnus
Die arabischen, athiopischen und syrischen Textzeugen einer didaktischen Novelle aus der romischen Kaiserzeit Mit einem Beitrag von Stefan Weninger zur Ubersetzungssprache der athiopischen Version
Volume 81
The Nafka Documents
The despatches, memoranda, reports and correspondence describing and explaining the Stories of the Feudal Societies of the Red Sea Littoral from the Christian-Muslim Wars of the Sixteenth Century to the Establishment 1885-1901 of the Italian Colony o
Volume 53
Research in Ethiopian Studies
Selected papers of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Trondheim July 2007
Volume 72
From Process to Procedure. Elders’ Mediation and Formality in Central Ethiopia
Elders' Mediation and Formality in Central Ethiopia
Volume 75
Lebendige Uberlieferung
Geschichte und Erinnerung der muslimischen Silt'e Athiopiens With an English Summary
Volume 74
Martyrium Arethae Arabice. Le versioni arabe del Martirio di Areta (BHG 166)
Edizione critica e traduzione annotata. A cura di Paolo La Spisa. Presentazione di Alessandro Bausi
Volume 86
Recueil des inscriptions de l’Ethiopie des periodes pre-axoumite et axoumite
Tome III - Traductions et commentaires. B. Les inscriptions semitiques par Abraham J. Drewes
Volume 85
Deutsch-Tigrinisches Worterbuch
Bearbeitet von Freweyni Habtemariam, Mussie Tesfagiyorgis,Tedros Hagos und Tesfay Tewolde Yohannes
Volume 78
Faith at the Crossroads
Religious Syncretism and dispute settlement in Northern Ethiopia: A study of Sufi Shrine in North Eastern Ethiopia
Volume 82
Flexibel aus Tradition / Burji in Athiopien und Kenia
Unter Verwendung der Aufzeichnungen von Helmut Straube / With explanation of some cultural items in English
Volume 71
Similar Books
Punning in Odd or Elegant Constructions in Jeremiah
The Convergence of Linguistics, Rhetoric, and Textuality in the Hebrew Text of Jeremiah
Writing of Women as Cultural Resistance
Deconstructing Memory Legacies in the Afro-Luso-Brazilian Atlantic
Conceptualisation as a Biocognitive Phenomenon and Part of the Faculty of Language
Cross-linguistic Evidence from the Preposition Category
Language Assessment Across Cultures
From Intercultural Communicative Competence to Artificial Intelligence
Language, Semantics, and Cognition in Ancient Egypt and Beyond
Proceedings of the International Conference, Yale University, April 16-18, 2021
Volume 14
Linguistic Fragmentation and Cultural Inclusion in the Middle Ages
Translation, Plurilingualism, Multilingualism
Volume 22
Love and the Danish Worldview
A Cognitive Ethnolinguistic Study of the Concept of Kærlighed ‘Love’ in Danish
LSP Teaching / Fachbezogener Fremdsprachenunterricht
Practices, Innovations, Technology / Praxis, Innovation, Technologie
Peri-urban life-worlds contested
Everyday experiences, governance, and conflicts at the rural-urban interface of Maputo, Mozambique
Prosperity Gospel Redefined
The Impact of Charismatisation of the Mainline Churches in Tanzania
Volume 5
