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Henok Wondimu recently got his MA degree in Linguistics from Addis Ababa University. His Book investigates the relations between a group of related morphemes in the Ometo subfamily of Omotic. These morphemes function as a copula in some Ometo languges, as a focus marker in others. Interestingly, the distribution of the functions in part crosscuts the genetic subgroups of Ometo, reflecting a partly areal distribution. Drawing on data from almost all the Ometo languages, the book represents the first study to present a comprehensive diachronic analysis for the markers. It argues in detail for a grammaticalization scenario according to the path Existential+ Agreement Locative copula Copula Focus This book will be of interest to Omotic specialists, to students of grammaticalization, and to linguists working on focus and copula. Prof. Orin Gensler

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• Full title: Development and Grammaticalization of Copula Markers
• Author: Henok Wondimu
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92
• EAN: 9783639327014
• ISBN: 3639327012
• ID: 06839453
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 145 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 6 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. January 2011

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