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The approximative derivation in Kambaata (Cushitic) [PDF]
Zeitschrift für Wortbildung / Journal of Word Formation, 2023 Kambaata, a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, has a productive, word-class changing approximation derivation. The process marked by the suffix -lab takes adjectival, nominal and verbal roots as inputs and generates approximatives that belong to the ...
Treis, Yvonne
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Categorial hybrids in Kambaata [PDF]
Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 2012 forthcoming in: Journal of African Languages and LinguisticsThe paper discusses three categorial hybrids in the East Cushitic language Kambaata, viz. negative participles, agent adjectives and verbal nouns, all of which are shown to combine properties of
Treis, Yvonne
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Polysemous agent nominals in Kambaata (Cushitic) [PDF]
STUF - Language Typology and Universals, 2011 International audienceKambaata has a morpheme -aan with which agent nominals can be derived from verbs and nouns. The present article discusses, firstly, the morphological and syntactic characteristics of -aan nominals and the specific problem of which ...
Treis, Yvonne
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, 2007 The paper elaborates on the synchronic functions and formal features of the non-locative copulas -ha/-ta and -VV-t in Kambaata. It discusses the intricate distribution rules of the copulas and the relationship between proximal demonstratives, case/gender
Treis, Yvonne
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Motion events in Kambaata [PDF]
, 2007 published 2008International audienceBased on oral and written text data, the present article investigates in which morphosyntactic constituents the semantic components of a motion event (i.e.
Treis, Yvonne
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Kambaata children's songs and word games: Or what can we learn about the grammar of Kambaata by analysing marginal literature genres? [PDF]
, 2012 34 pagesThe present article analyses children's songs and word games of the Cushitic language Kambaata and follows up on the question whether this text genre can contribute useful data for a grammatical analysis of this little known language.
Treis, Yvonne
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Purpose-encoding strategies in Kambaata [PDF]
, 2010 International audienceThe Highland East Cushitic language Kambaata employs five different purpose-encoding strategies. Purpose clauses can be headed by switch reference-sensitive purposive verb forms or by dative-marked verbal nouns.
Treis, Yvonne
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Demonstratives in discourse [PDF]
, 2020 This volume explores the use of demonstratives in the structuring and management of discourse, and their role as engagement expressions, from a crosslinguistic perspective.
Bliss, Heather +20 more
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Perception verbs and taste adjectives in Kambaata and beyond [PDF]
, 2010 International audienceThe present article is a study of shared lexicalisation patterns in the Ethiopian language area. It discusses how the semantic field of physical perception and the semantic field of taste are carved up in the Highland East Cushitic ...
Treis, Yvonne
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Hidden Likeness: Avoidance and Iconicity in Batek
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 4-24, May 2021., 2021 In Batek, both iconic and avoidant speech forms only have the desired effect when their sounds are at the same time like, and different to, their referents. This necessary coexistence of likeness and difference in particular speech forms resonates with the sought for coexistence of alterity and affinity in Batek interpersonal relationships.
Alice Rudge
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