The Ethiopic Semiosis: History, Application and Interpretation With Reference to the Hymnal Books of St. Yared

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2018-05

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Addis Ababa University

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Semiosis means a sign that refers to hymnal notation which remains to be important components in the long Ethiopian Orthodox Church tradition. However, the nature, categories and applicability of such hymnal semiosis remained marginalised in the so far textual and philological scholarships. Due to our knowledge about the issues became shallow. Thus, this study has been conducted on such topic and identified the features, categories and applicability of hymnal semiosis in Ethiopian context. The results of this study have been organized in order of four chapters: The first chapter comprises some background notes about some of St. Yared’s hymnal and historical books. The second chapter discusses about the literature review, including theoretical frame works, semiotics categories and history. The third chapter is the main body of this paper, deals and presents the issues of hymnal semiosis. This chapter has comprises, Gééz and Amharic semiosis history, Alphabetic and non-alphabetic semiosis, applicable system of hymnal semiosis, categories of hymnal semiosis abbreviation system and the hymnal houses of Gééz and Amharic semiosis. The final chapter contains conclusion and recommendations.

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The Ethiopic Symbiosis

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