Interrogative Constructions in Hadiyya
| dc.contributor.advisor | Crass, Joachim (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Degu, Dagnachew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-06T11:01:09Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T04:33:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-06T11:01:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T04:33:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study attempts to identify and describe interrogative constructions in Hadiyya. The language uses yes-no questions, alternative choice questions, tag questions, content questions and echo questions. Yes-no questions are derived from declarative sentences by suffixing the question morpheme -nniyye or by applying a rising intonation. Alternative choice questions are formed by suffixing the reduced question morpheme - nnii on the first alternative; the lengthened final vowel also serves as disjunction. Tag questions can be formed using the tag marker -lla or by posing yes-no questions on declarative or imperative sentences. Tag questions are mostly confirmative. Content questions are constructed using one of the wh-words and are mostly cleft. Whwords are basically found in situ. However, wh-movement, such as fronting is allowed for contrastive focus reading. Clefting is the main device for focus; focus can also be marked by the suffix -du(yye). Morphologically wh-words inflect for case and number, and marked for focus. The basic wh-words can also be the base for the derivation of other wh-words. Another question types are echo questions. Pure or wh-echo questions can be formed based on declarative, interrogative and imperative sentences. Echo questions have similar syntactic structure to the corresponding echoed sentences. Hence echo questions are distinguished by the accompanying lengthened rising intonation. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/16266 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hadiyya. The language uses yes-no questions | en_US |
| dc.subject | alternative choice questions | en_US |
| dc.subject | tag questions | en_US |
| dc.title | Interrogative Constructions in Hadiyya | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |