Author : Paul D. Fallon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 37,60 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1136712453
This study is the first book-length examination of ejectives and their phonological patterning, deepening the empirical understanding of ejectives and contributing to both phonological theory and to typologies of sound change.
Author : Paolo Tablino
Publisher : Paulines Publications Africa
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Camel herders
ISBN : 9966214380
Author : Derib Ado
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 2021-04-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027260249
The focus of this unique publication is on Ethiopian languages and linguistics. Not only major languages such as Amharic and Oromo receive attention, but also lesser studied ones like Sezo and Nuer are dealt with. The Gurage languages, that often present a descriptive and sociolinguistic puzzle to researchers, have received ample coverage. And for the first time in the history of Ethiopian linguistics, two chapters are dedicated to descriptive studies of Ethiopian Sign Language, as well as two studies on acoustic phonetics. Topics range over a wide spectrum of issues covering the lexicon, sociolinguistics, socio-cultural aspects and micro-linguistic studies on the phonology, morphology and syntax of Ethiopian languages.
Author : Harry van der Hulst
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 14,32 MB
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110874261
Autosegmental Studies on Pitch Accent Linguistic Models.
Author : Harry Stroomer
Publisher : Helmut Buske Verlag
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Kenya
ISBN :
Author : Edward Lipiński
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 50,31 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789042908154
The first comparative grammar of the Semitic languages, by H. Zimmern, was published a hundred years ago and the last original work of this kind was issued in Russian in 1972 by B.M. Grande. The present grammar, designed to come out in the centenary of the completion of Zimmern's work, fills thus a gap. Besides, it is based on both classical and modern Semitic languages, it takes new material of these last decades into account, and situates the Semitic languages in the wider context of Afro-Asiatic. The introduction briefly presents the languages in question. The main parts of the work are devoted to phonology, morphology, and syntax, with elaborate charts and diagrams. Then follows a discussion of fundamental questions related to lexicographical analysis. The study is supplemented by a glossary of linguistic terms used in Semitics, by a selective bibliography, by a general index, and by an index of words and forms. The book is the result of twenty-five years of research and teaching in comparative Semitic grammar.
Author : Ronny Meyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1425 pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0191044245
This handbook provides a comprehensive account of the languages spoken in Ethiopia, exploring both their structures and features and their function and use in society. The first part of the volume provides background and general information relating to Ethiopian languages, including their demographic distribution and classification, language policy, scripts and writing, and language endangerment. Subsequent parts are dedicated to the four major language families in Ethiopia - Cushitic, Ethiosemitic, Nilo-Saharan, and Omotic - and contain studies of individual languages, with an initial introductory overview chapter in each part. Both major and less-documented languages are included, ranging from Amharic and Oromo to Zay, Gawwada, and Yemsa. The final part explores languages that are outside of those four families, namely Ethiopian Sign Language, Ethiopian English, and Arabic. With its international team of senior researchers and junior scholars, The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages will appeal to anyone interested in the languages of the region and in African linguistics more broadly.
Author : Bernd Heine
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Boni language
ISBN :
Author : Bruce Hayes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 2004-08-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521825784
Phonetically Based Phonology is centred around the hypothesis that phonologies of languages are determined by phonetic principles; that is, phonetic patterns involving ease of articulation and perception are expressed linguistically as grammatical constraints. This book brings together a team of scholars to provide a wide-ranging study of phonetically based phonology. It investigates the role of phonetics in many phonological phenomena - such as assimilation, vowel reduction, vowel harmony, syllable weight, contour line distribution, metathesis, lenition, sonority sequencing, and the Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP) - exploring in particular the phonetic bases of phonological markedness in these key areas. The analyses also illustrate several analytical strategies whereby phonological sound patterns can be related to their phonological underpinnings. Each chapter includes a tutorial discussion of the phonetics on which the phonological discussion is based. Diverse and comprehensive in its coverage, Phonetically Based Phonology will be welcomed by all linguists interested in the relationship between phonetics and phonological theory.
Author : Tania Kouteva
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107136245
Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.
