A Contrastive Analysis of The Phonologies of Gedeo and Amharic
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1981-04
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The Process of this st.udy has gom, through four main
stages. ~h e first stage covers the introductory part of the
p aper, ",hich deals with the statemen t of th8 proble!!'., t h e val ue
of the study and its limitations. It also presents a literature
revie\>' of prior worl<s on the phonologies of Gedeo and Amharic,
on contras tive studies between AJ;Iharic anc. other Fthiopian
language,q, and on the theori e s of Contrast~ive An alysis.
The s e cond stage , \~hich includes chapters two and. three,
is the description of the phonologies of Gedeo an::', )lITlharic.
At this stags , the se9IDe nta lp honeme~ and the ir allophonic
variants as well as their distributions in a "lord or pause
group are described. The n on-segmental ele ments are also
an a lysed systemat ica.lly .
The third stage deals ,,11th the work of e rror p r edictions,
based on the hypothesis of Contrastive lInalysis. This stage)
.,hich covers the whole of t.he fourth chapter deals ',1i th thfl
prediction of e rrors Bxpected to be mad e by Gecteo native
spe ake rs learning ]\~aric.
ThIS fourth s tage , which covers the whole of c hapter five
and six, d e als wi.th e rror analysis to v e rify or falsify the
prcCliction of e rrors hase n on Contrast.ivE' Analysls, and it
presents a swnmary of the r e sults . I n this section ' . J the
questions " which app roach of Contrastive Analysis shoulC'. we
use? " and. " what are the actual areas of diff.i.culty for
Gedeo native speakers l e arnin g Amharic?" will be ans~ler e tl.
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Contrastive Analysis