On amharic Relative Clauses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2814546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hailu Fula, Hailu Fulass (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 497-513 |
| Publication date | 1972-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00121135 |
| OpenAlex | W2005006492 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In what follows I would like to discuss the structure of Amharic relative clauses. In the course of the discussion, I would like to make the following three claims which I will attempt to substantiate in turn. First, I believe that relativization is a kind of pronominalization and, consequently, the particle yä- that is attached to the main verb (or its auxiliary) of the relative clause is not a relative pronoun. Second, I maintain that the 'yä- clause' in subject position in Amharic cleft sentences is also a relative clause with an unspecified element as its head. My third claim is that Amharic genitive phrases originate from relative clauses and that the noun (phrase) in the genitive phrase to which the particle yä- is attached in surface structure is governed by a preposition in underlying structure, and the head of a genitive phrase is the head of the under-lying relative clause. In this connexion, I also argue that there is a rule in Amharic which moves the particle yä- (to the right) over, at least, one constituent
Amharic · Dependent clause · Determiner phrase · Genitive case · Head (geology) · Linguistics · Non-finite clause · Noun · Noun phrase · Relative clause · Sentence · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2010 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |