Relativization In Silt'i
| dc.contributor.advisor | Eyesus, Haile (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Siraj, Rawda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-05T09:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T04:34:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-05T09:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T04:34:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis deals with the structure of relative clause in Silt'i. The work is more of descriptive than theoretical; however, some aspects of the properties of relative clause of Silt'i have been analyzed in terms of the theoretical assumptions of the Principles and Parameters theory (Government and Binding Theory). The relative clauses that are found in Silt'i are of two types: restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses of which their difference depends on their referential relation to the head nouns. Moreover, Silt'i relative clauses may be classified into lexically headed and empty-headed relatives, depending on the phonetically presence and absence of the head noun. The various relativized NP positions and the strategy that is employed in relativization have also been examined. Thus, Silt'i relativizes subject, object (direct and indirect), and adjunct positions, and the specifier position of genitive of possession. Consequently, the accessibility hierarchy of relative clause formation proposed by Keenan and Comire (1977) has been justified. The Strategy employed to form relative clause has been found to be pro in situ, as is the case in other Ethiopian languages such as Oromo (Baye1986), Gumuz (Asfaw 1993), Chaha (Alemayehu 1990). Moreover, the study examines the properties of relative verbs that are the major constituents of relative clause. In Silt' there are two forms of relative verb: the perfective relative verb and the imperfective one. Both the perfective and imperfective verbs get inflected for agreement markers of the relativized NPs. The element ya-, which is prefixed only to perfective relative verb, but not to imperfective verb, functions as a linking element between a relative clause and its head noun. In other words, this element introduces the relative clause to the head noun. Key words: relative clause, Silt’i, descriptive, principles and parameters theory, restrictive relative clause, lexically headed empty-head relatives, subject relativaization, object relativaization, adjunct relativaization,genetive possession relativaization, pro insitu, perfective imperfective relative verb, ,element yä | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/6652 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | relative clause | en_US |
| dc.subject | Silt’i, | en_US |
| dc.subject | descriptive | en_US |
| dc.subject | principles and parameters theory | en_US |
| dc.title | Relativization In Silt'i | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |