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Indigenous Views on the Italian Occupation in Southern Ethiopia A Post-Colonial Approach [PDF]

, 2013
The present focus on “postcolonial studies” in cultural anthropology is attributing a growing interest to the Italian occupation in Ethiopia (1935–1941).
Braukämper, Ulrich
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Similative and equative demonstratives in Kambaata [PDF]

Faits de Langues, 2019
Based on data from recordings, written sources and elicitation, the present paper investigates in detail the morphology, morphosyntax and use of six similative and equative demonstratives in Kambaaata, a Cushitic language of Ethiopia. The first manner demonstrative, hitt-ita ‘like this’, is a simplex pronoun; the stem of the second demonstrative ...
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Negation in Kambaata (Cushitic)

, 2023
The Ethiopian language Kambaata (Cushitic) has five distinct negative inflectional suffixes that negate (i) declarative main verbs and non-verbal predicates, (ii) imperatives , (iii) jussives and benedictives, (iv) converbs and (v) relative verbs.
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Ideophones and interjections: Workshop introduction [PDF]

, 2019
International ...
Lahaussois, Aimée, Treis, Yvonne
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ACOUSTICALLY CHARACTERIZING NASAL SOUNDS OF KAMBAATA LANGUAGE

, 2019
Abstract—this paper analyzes acoustic characteristics of nasal sounds of Kambaata language at their place of articulation by using autoregressive moving average(ARMA) model. The ARMA model is an extension of Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) model, which incorporatethe zeros of the transfer function of vocal tract ...
Hussein Seid,, Mitiku Tamirat
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A sampling technique for worldwide comparisons of language contact scenarios. [PDF]

Linguist Typol, 2023
Di Garbo F, Napoleão de Souza R.
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Comparison in Kambaata: Superiority, Equality and Similarity

Linguistic Discovery, 2018
This paper is an in-depth study of the expression of comparison in Kambaata, a Highland East Cushitic language of Ethiopia. It discusses not only quantitative comparison, i.e. comparison of relative and absolute inequality and comparison of equality, but also analyses the morphology and syntax of expressions of qualitative comparison, i.e.
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Demonstratives in discourse [PDF]

This volume explores the use of demonstratives in the structuring and management of discourse, and their role as engagement expressions, from a crosslinguistic perspective.

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Gertrud Schneider-Blum: A Grammar of Alaaba. A Highland East Cushitic Language of Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2011
 Review  
Savà, Graziano
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Similative morphemes as purpose clause markers in Ethiopia and beyond [PDF]

, 2016
International audienceIn more than 30 languages spoken at the Horn of Africa, a similative morpheme 'like' or a noun 'manner' or 'type' is used as a marker of purpose clauses.
Treis, Yvonne
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