Edzard L (2021)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Book Volume: 48
Pages Range: 229-244
Conference Proceedings Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society
ISBN: 9789027260246
Languages in the Ethiopian language area typically exhibit a two-case system from a morphological point of view. This paper discusses the question as to how this observation can be aligned with the circumstance that, for Semitic in general, a three-case system is usually reconstructed. It will be argued that case endings can also emerge in a secondary process, as is widely recognised in typological linguistics, and that the cyclicity observed in this context can well be framed in terms of processes of linguistic convergence and divergence. Thereby, both the morphological aspects of case as well as the thematic roles of case will be discussed.
APA:
Edzard, L. (2021). Case-marking in Semitic in the light of the evidence in the Ethiopian language area: Linguistic convergence and divergence. In Derib Ado, Almaz Wasse Gelagay, Janne Bondi Johannessen (Eds.), IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society (pp. 229-244). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
MLA:
Edzard, Lutz. "Case-marking in Semitic in the light of the evidence in the Ethiopian language area: Linguistic convergence and divergence." Proceedings of the IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society Ed. Derib Ado, Almaz Wasse Gelagay, Janne Bondi Johannessen, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021. 229-244.
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