Grammatical And Sociolinguistic Aspects Of Ethiopian Languages

Author : Derib Ado
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027260249
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammatical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Ethiopian Languages written by Derib Ado and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Marvin Lionel Bender
Publisher : London : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language in Ethiopia written by Marvin Lionel Bender and published by London : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study is the result of research by an interdisciplinary team of international scholars, all with a particular interest in Ethiopia. The first part of the book contains an important classification of Ethiopian languages, looks at their distribution and studies some special language situations. The second part describes the official status of languages, the effects of migrations, urbanization and education, and discusses the spread of Amharic and patterns of bilingualism. The third part analyses in detail the organization of language teaching and teacher training in Ethiopia.

Author : Ronny Meyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191044253
Total Pages : 1425 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages written by Ronny Meyer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 1425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Zelealem Leyew
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kemantney Language written by Zelealem Leyew and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronny Meyer
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective written by Ronny Meyer and published by Peter Lang Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication describes the usage of languages in the multilingual society of Ethiopia. It is based on empirical studies conducted in nine states of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1997 and 1998. A research team of German and Ethiopian scholars surveyed about 3,500 high school students from 35 Ethiopian towns regarding their language behaviour. The data on the distribution of mother tongues and second languages are published here for the first time and are representative for a typical Ethiopian town. These data outline the development of multilingualism over three generations (students/parents/grandparents) and elucidate factors which promote the spread of multilingualism. The frame for the representation and explanation of the data is an adapted model of the social network theory."

Author : Ronny Meyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198728549
Total Pages : 1425 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages written by Ronny Meyer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-15 with total page 1425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Firew Girma Worku
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004449914
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of Mursi written by Firew Girma Worku and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 14 descriptive chapters and a collection of 4 transcribed texts in Mursi, a highly endangered language spoken in the Lower Omo Valley in Ethiopia.

Author : Wolf Leslau
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447039550
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethiopic Documents written by Wolf Leslau and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1997 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erin Wilkinson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003812872
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Signed Languages written by Erin Wilkinson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Signed Languages provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language, with evidence drawn from signed languages around the world. Readers will learn about language through a unique set of signed language studies that will surprise them with the diversity of ways human languages achieve the same functional goals of communication. Designed for students with no prior knowledge of signed languages or linguistics, this book features: A comprehensive introduction to the sub-fields of linguistics, including sociolinguistics, linguistic structure, language change, language acquisition, and bilingualism; Examples from more than 50 of the world’s signed languages and a brief “Language in Community” snapshot in each chapter highlighting one signed language and the researchers who are documenting it; Opportunities to reflect on how language ideologies have shaped scientific inquiry and contributed to linguistic bias; Review and discussion questions, useful websites, and pointers to additional readings and resources at the end of each chapter. Understanding Signed Languages provides instructors with a primary or secondary text to enliven the discourse in introductory classes in linguistics, interpreting, deaf education, disability studies, cognitive science, human diversity, and communication sciences and disorders. Students will develop an appreciation for the language-specific and universal characteristics of signed languages and the global communities in which they emerge.

Author : Jennifer Cabrelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108962742
Total Pages : 1009 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Third Language Acquisition written by Jennifer Cabrelli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our increasingly multilingual modern world, understanding how languages beyond the first are acquired and processed at a brain level is essential to design evidence-based teaching, clinical interventions and language policy. Written by a team of world-leading experts in a wide range of disciplines within cognitive science, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the study of third (and more) language acquisition and processing. It features 30 approachable chapters covering topics such as multilingual language acquisition, education, language maintenance and language loss, multilingual code-switching, ageing in the multilingual brain, and many more. Each chapter provides an accessible overview of the state of the art in its topic, while offering comprehensive access to the specialized literature, through carefully curated citations. It also serves as a methodological resource for researchers in the field, offering chapters on methods such as case studies, corpora, artificial language systems or statistical modelling of multilingual data.