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Emphasis, glottalization and pharyngealization in Semitic and Afroasiatic

open access: yesKervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2021
This paper investigates the phenomenon of emphasis in Semitic from a phonological perspective. It is well known that Semitic emphatics can be realized either as ejectives (Ethiosemitic) or as pharyngealized consonants (Arabic).
Fabio Gasparini
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Two more contexts for Ge‘ez *u > u and three for *a > ǝ

open access: yesAfrika und Übersee, 2023
The main Ge‘ez (Classical Ethiopic) verbal adjective is characterized by an ǝ-u vowel melody. Based on cognate evidence, the most basic form of this adjective, 01-stem 1ǝ2u3, derives from a *1a2uː3- pattern and thus shows assimilation of *aCuː > ǝCu ...
Benjamin Suchard
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A Combined Approach towards Measuring Linguistic Distance: A Study on South Ethiosemitic Languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The distance among closely related languages is usually measured from three dimensions: structural, functional and perceptual. The structural distance is determined by directly quantifying the phonetic, lexical, morphological and syntactic differences ...
Tekabe Legesse Feleke
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Quantity expressions in the Gumer variety of Gurage

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities, 2023
The aim of this study was to investigate how entities are conceptualized and quantified in the Gumer Variety of Gurage, a South Ethiosemitic language.
Fekede Menuta
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Form and qualitative features of demonstratives in ethiosemitic languages [PDF]

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Based on the cross-linguistic typological observations in Himmelmann (1996), Diessel (1999), and Dixon (2003, 2010), this study is concerned with the basic form and qualitative functions of demonstratives in Ethiosemitic languages. Ethiosemitic languages
Kassaye, Elizabeth Minae   +1 more
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Towards a Comprehensive Edition of the Arabic–Ethiopic Glossary of al-Malik al-Afḍal, Part II: New Readings from the Second Sheet

open access: yesAethiopica, 2014
In Aethiopica 16, the first part of new readings from the al-Malik al-Afḍal’s 14th-century Arabic–Ethiopic Glossary was published. The present paper offers the results of analysis of the second sheet of the Glossary and contains all identifications which
Maria Bulakh, Leonid Kogan
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