Descriptive grammar of Ezha
Subtitle: a Gurage language of Ethiopia (Ethio-Semitic)
By: Endalew Assefa
Series: Aethiopistische Forschungen -- Band 87; Äthiopistische Forschungen -- Bd. 87.
Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9783447118439
Subjects: Gurage languages; Grammar; Ethiopian languages
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281).
Table of contents: title: List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Symbols and Abbreviations -- Preamble; title: Introduction --; title: The Language Area --; title: Classification of Gurage Languages --; title: Brief Survey of Related Literature --; title: The Language Data --; title: Methodology and Procedures --; title: Phonetics, Phonology --; title: Identification of Phonemes --; title: Consonants --; title: Vowels --; title: Minimal and Near Minimal Pairs --; title: Consonants --; title: Vowels --; title: Distribution of Phonemes --; title: Consonant Distribution --; title: Vowel Distribution --; title: Clusters of Phonemes --; title: Sonorant-Obstruent Sequences --; title: Obstruent-Sonorant Sequences --; title: Sonorant-Sonorant Sequences --; title: Obstruent-Obstruent Sequences --; title: Gemination --; title: Phonotactic Constraints --; title: Syllable Structure --; title: Phonological, Morphophonemic Processes --; title: Assimilation --; title: Homorganic Nasal Assimilation --; title: Total Assimilation of t --; title: Total assimilation of r --; title: Palatalization --; title: Labialization --; title: Non-Assimilative Palatalization --; title: Depalatalization --; title: Vowel Fronting --; title: Vowel Deletion --; title: Deletion of a Glide and a Vowel --; title: Epenthesis --; title: Vowel Insertion --; title: Glide Insertion --; title: Spirantization or Fricativization --; title: Minor Word Classes --; title: Pronouns --; title: Personal Pronouns --; title: Interrogative Pronouns --; title: Indefinite Pronouns --; title: Reflexive Pronouns --; title: Reciprocal Pronouns --; title: Selective Pronouns --; title: Pronouns of Totality --; title: Pronouns of Isolation, Emphatic Pronouns --; title: Determiners --; title: Demonstratives --; title: Quantifiers --; title: Cardinal Numerals --; title: Ordinal Numerals --; title: Non-Numeral Quantifiers --; title: Adpositions --; title: Major Word Classes and their Grammatical Categories --; title: Noun --; title: Simple Nouns --; title: Derived Nouns --; title: Abstract Nouns --; title: Verbal Nouns --; title: Associative Agent Nouns --; title: Agent Nouns --; title: Result Nouns --; title: Instrumental Nouns --; title: Language Names --; title: Compound Nouns --; title: Exocentric Compounds --; title: Endocentric Compounds --; title: Noun Inflection --; title: Number --; title: Gender --; title: Deflniteness --; title: Case --; title: Adjectives --; title: Simple Adjectives --; title: Derived Adjectives --; title: Compound Adjectives --; title: Semantic Sub-Classes of Adjectives --; title: Inflection of Adjectives --; title: Use of Adjectives --; title: Attributive Use --; title: Predicative Use --; title: Verbs --; title: Ezha Verb Types --; title: Base formation --; title: Type-A Verbal Bases --; title: Type-B Verbal Bases --; title: Type-C Verbal Bases --; title: Irregular Verbal Bases --; title: Stem Derivation --; title: Simple Stem Derivation --; title: Complex Stem Derivation --; title: Compound Verbs --; title: Verbal Inflection --; title: Subject Agreement --; title: Object Agreement --; title: Applicative --; title: Aspect, Tense, and Mood --; title: Negation --; title: The Impersonal --; title: Converbs --; title: Copular and Existential Verbs --; title: Adverbs --; title: Simple Adverbs --; title: Derived Adverbs --; title: Compound Adverbs --; title: Semantic Sub-Classes of Adverbs --; title: Adverbs of Time --; title: Adverbs of Frequency --; title: Adverbs of Manner --; title: Adverbs of Place --; title: Adverbs in Use --; title: Phrasal Categories --; title: Noun Phrase --; title: Adpositional Phrase --; title: Adjective Phrase --; title: Adverb Phrase --; title: Verb Phrase --; title: Complementation --; title: Verb Phrases Headed by Transitive Verbs --; title: Verb Phrases Headed by Intransitive Verbs --; title: Verb Phrases Headed by Copular and Existential Verbs --; title: Modification --; title: Verb Argument Structures --; title: Argument Structure of One Place (Intransitive and Non-Personal) Verbal Predicates --; title: Argument Structure of Two Place (Monotransitive) Verbal Predicates --; title: Argument Structure of Three Place ( Ditransitive) Verbal Predicates --; title: Clausal Syntax --; title: Clausal Types --; title: Simple Declarative Clauses --; title: Interrogative Clauses --; title: Polar Interrogatives --; title: Content Interrogatives --; title: Subordinate Clauses --; title: Conditionals --; title: Purpose, Reason Clauses --; title: Temporal Clauses --; title: Relative Clauses --; title: Clauses Involving Converbs --; title: Clauses Involving Verbal Nouns --; title: Complement Clauses --; title: Clausal Comparison --; title: Focus Marking --; title: Morphological Focus Marking --; title: Syntactic Focus Marking --; title: Topicalization ---- Appendices-- Verbal Conjugations-- Greetings-- Narrative Texts-- Sample Ezha-English Word list-- References.