The Phonology of Inor

ISBN-13: 9783848445769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 76 str.

Wendimu Habte Butaga; Ronny Meyer

Opis

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.

O autorze

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. 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.