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Download full textUnseth, Pete – 1986
Based on previous research showing five examples of verb reduplication in Majang, a member of the Nilo-Saharan language family, this paper presents more specific examples of verb reduplication, its different uses, and the phonological rules governing it. Examples of possibly reduplicated forms from other parts of speech are also given, and data…
Descriptors: African Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Ferguson, Charles A. – 1971
This paper constitutes the fifth chapter of the forthcoming volume "Language in Ethiopia." In an effort to better define the particular linguistic area, the author analyzes phonological and grammatical features that languages in the area have in common. A number of features have been identified as characteristic of the area, and this…
Descriptors: Amharic, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
