Linguistic and Social Aspects of the ?ajo (Azmari) Argot in Tigray
| dc.contributor.advisor | Leyew, Zelcalcm (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Girmay, Abraha | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-31T06:31:53Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T04:33:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-31T06:31:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T04:33:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This re search foc u scd o n the ling uistic features and social a spects of th e ?afo a rgot. The objectives of thi s rescarc h a re to describe the lin guistic features of the ?afo argot and the socia l aspect s of the rafo argot and it s speakers in o rd er to explain why the ?afo people use it as secret languagc. To achie ve these objectives, th e researcher us ed purposive me th od sa mpling to se lect thc informants. Elicitation, interv iew and participatory observa ti on m et hod wc re uscd to co ll cc t the data. The data have b een recorded by using audio-tape record er and vid co-camera. Qualitative a s well as quantitative methods are employed to analyze the collected data. T hc Endings o f thi s re sea rc h are the following. There is underestimation bctween th e ?afo and non-?af o group s. This undc restima ti o n is a reason for the rafo group to be s cll~de s ignated and to ha ve secret la ngua ge 0 1' a rgo t. Second , thc ?afo argot is dcri vcd from T igrin ya and A mhari c words through form, scmantic, form and s emantic changes, usin g diffcrent se man ti c aspects and dircc t u sed te rms of Ti g rinya. In form cha n ge, th e ?afo a r got uses phonologi ca l defo rm ati o ns such as a ddition, m e tathesis, redup lica tion , substitution, deletion, vowcl defo rm ation and degemination as w ell as free variation and depalatalization of the sound s. In ad d iti on , sufli xcs and some prelixes o f Tig rin ya and Amharic, onomatopoeic words and changed term s fr om co mpound vc rb s to s in g le wo rd s havc been used in th e formation of the argot. The ?afo a rgo t a lso uses se illanti c Inad, in s trulllcntal nouns, paraphras ti c desc ription s, con notati ve and denotative mcanll1 gs a nd namin g whole and parts in the sam e word to s olve inadequate of expressions. 7afo argn t lI ses th e phonological and sy ntac tic stru c ture a s we ll as Illorphological cxpressions ofT igr in ya. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/19737 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Linguistic | en_US |
| dc.title | Linguistic and Social Aspects of the ?ajo (Azmari) Argot in Tigray | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |