The Phonology of Inor: Phonological Processes - Softcover

Butaga, Wendimu Habte; Meyer, Ronny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 384844576X ISBN 13: 9783848445769

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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This well-established text on Linguistics has been thoroughly studied especially the Phonological Features of Inor, the language which genetically belongs to the Ethiopian Semitic Languages, in the Outer South Ethiopic branch, particularly to the Peripheral Western Gurage. This text introduces new aspects of the genetic belongingness of the language, Phonetics (Phonemic Inventory of Consonants and Vowels), Phonology, (Phonotactics, Syllable structures of the Language, Morpho-phonological Processes) and some Morphological features of Inor. It mainly discusses the phonological processes of the language – how vowels and consonants interact within the course of speech production. Inor has peculiar phonological processes than other Ethio-Semitic languages. Labialization, Nasalization, Palatalization, and Vowel changes are the common features of the language.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Wendimu Habte has studied his BA Degree, English Language and Literature, in Jimma University; MA in Linguistics from Addis Ababa University- specializes on Gurage Language, Analysis of Inor Phonology. Recently, he is teaching Linguistics in Wolaita Sodo University, Department of English Language & Literature since 2008, and involved in researches.

Studied African Linguistics and Sociology for his MA at Leipzig University and his PhD in African Philology from Mainz University. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University, Department of Linguistics; Extensive research on Ethiopian Language with focus on Gurage.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 384844576X
• ISBN 13: 9783848445769
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 76
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