A Contrastive Analysis of The Phonologies of Gedeo and Amharic
| dc.contributor.advisor | Klaus Wedekind | |
| dc.contributor.author | Luiseged Erkihun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-15T08:09:11Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T04:34:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-15T08:09:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T04:34:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1981-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Process of this st.udy has gom, through four main stages. the first stage covers the introductory part of the paper, ",hich deals with the statement of th8 problem!!'., the value 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, 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 analysed 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25482 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Contrastive Analysis | en_US |
| dc.title | A Contrastive Analysis of The Phonologies of Gedeo and Amharic | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |