Universität Hamburg, Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies
Erscheinungsjahr:
2011
Medientyp:
Text
Schlagworte:
Linguistics
Gurage
Wolane
Plural
Nominal Number Making
ddc:400
ddc:490
Beschreibung:
Countable common nouns in the East Gurage language Wolane are usually unmarked for number and belong to one of three noun classes based on the inherent gender feature of the nouns. First, it will be argued that morphological plural marking indicates plurality and specificity. Second, it will be shown that the interaction between the three noun classes and definiteness has various pragmatic effects. Finally, the findings for Wolane are compared with related East Gurage languages.
Lizenzen:
Copyright (c) 2011 Ronny Meyer
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Quellsystem:
Aethiopica - International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies