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    Structure of Determiner Phrase in Ge’ez
    (Addis Ababa University, 2014-08) Abawa, Belesti; Yimam, Baye (Professor)
    This study is devoted to structures of determiner phrase in Ge‟ez in the light of the Minimalist Program. It focuses on descriptions of words, phrases, sentences and their syntactic projections. DP in Ge‟ez is formed by merging a determiner (as head) and a complement (NP). The function of each morpheme in the description is given. Construct state, dative and genitive constructions show possession relation between possessees and possessors. They use different possession markers. For example,-ä and lä- go with construct state and dative respectively, whereas zä-, ʔɨllä-, ʔɨntä- go with possessees and possessors in genitive constructions. Specifiers can be subjects, articles, pronouns and demonstratives.