Hedekind, Klaus (PhD)Makonnen, Sisaye2021-03-182023-11-092021-03-182023-11-091983-05http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25585The the s i s is a contrastive study of the auxi liary in Amharic and English, usinG TG model. In the study, the s urface a nd deep structures of the a uxiliary in Amharic and English h a ve been described a nd analysed separately. The n , the surface structure contrast and the deep to surface structure contrast of the two l anguages h ave been inv estigated. On the basis of this contrastive analysis it his been found that the constituent s of the a uxiliary in English (i.e., Tense , Moda l and Aspec t) are systematically different from the constituents of tho a uxiliary in Am h ar ic (i. e ., Aspect , Moda l a nd Tense) even in this order. Based on the result of th is comparison , hypothetica1 predictions of e rrors have been made which may be committed by Amhar ic s p eakers in learning the auxiliary i n EnGli sh. Finally, p a ttern practice based on the genera tive and tra nsformt i onal rules discuss ed in the st u d y has b een recomm e n ded as a method of overcoming the predicted e rrors .en-USAuxiliary in Amharic and EnglishThesis