Ethelbert E Kari

Biographic Data

ID3490843
NAMEEthelbert E Kari
GIVEN NAMESEthelbert E
FAMILY NAMEKari
SIGNATUREKARI E E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Botswana
ORCID0000-0003-3522-3469
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • Tone and prosodic recursion in Degema nouns and noun phrases

    Nicholas Rolle, Ethelbert E KariARTICLEJournal of African Languages and…2022

    This paper presents the first systematic study of tone in nouns and noun phrases in Degema. From a database of approximately 1,000 nouns, we find that nouns fall into three main tone patterns: /L-L/ (48% of nouns), /H-H/ (18%), and /L-HH/ (13%). This last case is theoretically important in that it includes cases where two separate H tones associate to the same tone-bearing unit, in violation of the Obligatory Contour Principle. In isolation, noun…

  • The Factative and Perfect Aspect Markers in Degema and Kalaḅarị

    Ethelbert E KariARTICLELanguage Matters2021

    This article discusses the factative and perfect markers in Degema and Kalaḅarị. The research is motivated by the observed similarities and differences in the properties/behaviour of these markers in both languages. The article notes that the factative and perfect markers are monosyllabic in both languages, and that the perfect marker in Kalaḅarị is opaque to vowel harmony because it is prosodically independent. With reference to morphology, it n…

  • Cognate object constructions in Degema

    Open AccessEthelbert E KariARTICLELinguistique et langues africaines2017

    This paper provides a descriptive analysis of cognate object constructions in Degema2. Cognate object constructions refer to constructions that involve a verb and a cognate nominal object that is morphologically and semantically related to the verb. It distinguishes between eventive and referential cognate object constructions in Degema, observing that verbs in the former select only a cognate object whereas those in the latter can select a cogna…

  • The clitic nature of person-gender-number markers in Naro

    Ethelbert E Kari, Ethelbert Kari et al.ARTICLELanguage Matters2016

    This article discusses the phonosyntactic behaviour of person-gender-number (PGN)2 The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this paper: Ø = null, 1C = first person common, 1F = first person feminine, 1M = first person masculine, 1MASC+FEM. SG = first person singular masculine and feminine, 2C = second person common, 2F = second person feminine, 2M = second person masculine, 3C = third person common, 3F = third person feminine, 3M = thi…

  • The pronominal system of Odual

    Open AccessEthelbert E KariARTICLEStudies in African Linguistics2007

    This paper discusses the pronominal system of Odual, which has five subsets of pronouns: personal, reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative, and indefinite. A noteworthy feature of the system is the distinction between inclusive and exclusive first person plural personal pronouns. Reflexivity is marked by a noun meaning 'self plus a possessive pronoun, the noun varying in form depending on the singularity or plurality of the antecedent. It is note…

  • An Acoustic Study of the Tongue Root Contrast in Degema Vowels

    Open AccessSean A Fulop, Ethelbert E Kari et al.ARTICLEPhonetica1998Cited by: 11References: 1

    Degema is an Edoid language of Nigeria whose ten vowels are organized phonologically into two sets of five. The two sets are thought to be differentiated by the degree of tongue root advancing. This paper examines the acoustic nature of these vowels as represented in field recordings of six speakers. The most consistent acoustic correlate of the tongue root contrast was found to be the first formant frequency which consistently distinguishes four…