Explorations in Ethiopian Linguistics Complex Predicates Finiteness and Interrogativity 1st Edition by Ronny Meyer, Yvonne Treis, Azeb Amha ISBN 3447190469 9783447190466

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ISBN 10: 3447190469

ISBN 13: 9783447190466 

Author: Ronny Meyer, Yvonne Treis, Azeb Amha 

Explorations in Ethiopian Linguistics brings together twelve contributions on linguistic problems at the interface of morphosyntax and semantics/pragmatics in Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic languages of Ethiopia.
The first section of the volume consists of two articles on interrogativity in Amharic and Baskeet. Their main concern is the morphosyntax and use of yes/no and content questions, and the morphology of interrogative pronouns. The second section assembles four chapters dealing with complex predicates in Amharic, Koorete, Zargulla and Xamtanga. They point out the semantic/pragmatic differences between complex predicates and their monoverbal counterparts, the morphosyntactic properties of the component verbs, and the differences between complex predicates and multi-clausal constructions. The six contributions of the third section are dedicated to issues of finiteness in Libido and various Ethiosemitic languages including Amharic, G???z, Gurage languages and Tigrinya. The studies show that a high degree of linguistic variability occurs in finiteness marking in these languages. In discussing verb forms that are neither fully finite nor fully infinite they provide further support for the hypothesis that finiteness should be considered a relational – scalar rather than an absolute – binary category.
Most articles are based on presentations made at the 18th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies held from 29 October until 2 November 2012 in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, and, thus, reflect recent research trends in the description of Ethiopian languages.

Table of contents:

1. Interrogativity in Ethiopian Languages

2. Question about Amharic Questions with yəhon: A Tentative Semantic Study

3. Interrogativity in Baskeet

4. Complex Predicates in Ethiopian Languages

5. Complex Predicates in Amharic Counterfactual Antecedent Clauses

6. Complex Predicates in Zargulla

7. Grammaticalization of Existential Auxiliaries in Koorete

8. Benefactive Applicative Periphrases with yɨw- ‘give’ in Xamtanga

9. Finiteness in Ethiopian Languages

10. Multiple Exponence in the Long Prefix Conjugation of the Transversal

11. The Asymmetry of Verbal Markedness in Libido

12. The Finite–Infinite Dichotomy in a Comparative Semitic Perspective

13. Finiteness in Gurage Languages

14. South Ethio-Semitic Languages

15. Case Marking in Amharic Copular Constructions

16. Wandering along the Border of Finiteness: The Gəʿəz and Tigrinya Converb(s) in a Diachronic Perspective 

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