Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. The languages of Ethiopia 1
4. Part I. Lexicon
5. Term-formation methods in the Gamo language 15
6. The ensete in Gurage 35
7. Part II. Sociolinguistics and culture
8. Language contact and its effects on language use of the Gurage varieties of Muher 65
9. Ethnolinguistic perception and identity in Gurage 91
10. Sociolinguistic functions of the secret language of Gurage females 119
11. Gender and women representation in Gurage culture of Ethiopia 137
12. Part III. Grammar (syntax and morphology)
13. Manner of movement in Amharic 173
14. Serial verb constructions in Sezo 197
15. Number marking in Nuer nouns 213
16. Case-marking in Semitic in the light of the evidence in the Ethiopian language area 229
17. Reduplication in Oromo 245
18. Verbal derivations in Inor 269
19. Part IV. Phonetics
20. An acoustic analysis of Amharic fricatives 303
21. Durational variations in Oromo vowels 345
22. Part V. Sign language
23. The linguistic nature of expression of aspect in Ethiopian sign language 367
24. Polysemy of Ethiopian sign language 389
25. Index 413