Robbin Clamons

Biographic Data

ID188737
NAMERobbin Clamons
GIVEN NAMESRobbin
FAMILY NAMEClamons
SIGNATURECLAMONS R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Minnesota at Minneapolis
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX1

  • The emergence of a pragmeme during the Middle English period

    Open AccessRobbin ClamonsARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2016References: 9

  • Locationals in Oromo

    Open AccessMi’eesa Yaachis, Robbin Clamons et al.ARTICLEStudies in African Linguistics2012

    This is a study of the locational structures of Oromo. A range of syntactic constructions types is considered within a single synchronic grammaticalization schema. Speaker choices of particular structures within discourse are also identified and explored. The primary data are drawn from the Guji dialect, with reference to data from other dialects that are attested in the literature. Most of the morphological marking that is found across these loc…

  • Symbolic indexing in Oromo

    Open AccessMi’eesa Yaachis, Robbin ClamonsARTICLEStudies in African Linguistics2009

    This paper identifies a general phonic pattern of indexing on referential, spatiotemporal, and logical structures in Oromo. Final –n(V) marking across these different grammatical forms correlates with assumed accessibility of referents and of other information in discourse across a range of syntactic and semantic elements. The primary data for this study are from a spontaneous Guji narrative. Previous research on the form of referring expressions…

  • Buna

    Open AccessJanet Yedes, Robbin Clamons et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Ethnography2004Cited by: 2References: 7

    Coffee, indigenous to Oromo lands in Ethiopia, is an essential cultural and spiritual element in people's lives. Oromo who resettled in the United States have adapted ancient coffee traditions in indigenous, Christian, and Muslim contexts. This in-depth ethnographic study looks at buna for several generations of Muslim Oromo. The authors explore interpersonal and ritual ways that the women communicate support for one another and promote harmony i…

  • How Recent Contact Erased Ancient Traces in the Gender Systems of the Oromo Dialects

    Open AccessRobbin ClamonsARTICLEProceedings of the Annual Meeting…1995

    Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: General Session and Parasession on Historical Issues in Sociolinguistics/Social Issues in Historical Linguistics (1995)