The Development of the Amharic Definite Article and an Indonesian Parallel
The definite articles of Amharic and some other Ethiopian languages derive from possessives rather than demonstratives, and the origin of these articles has never been convincingly explained. The development of a possessive into a definite article in Indonesian provides a clue to the origin of the d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-114 |
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| Summary: | The definite articles of Amharic and some other Ethiopian languages derive from possessives rather than demonstratives, and the origin of these articles has never been convincingly explained. The development of a possessive into a definite article in Indonesian provides a clue to the origin of the definite articles in Ethiopic. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgq050 |