Symbolic indexing in Oromo

Symbolic indexing in Oromo

This paper identifies a general phonic pattern of indexing on referential, spatiotemporal, and logical structures in Oromo. Final –n(V) marking across these different grammatical forms correlates with assumed accessibility of referents and of other information in discourse across a range of syntacti...

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Autores principales: Mi’eesa Yaachis, Robbin Clamons
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Publicado: LibraryPress@UF 2009
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Oromo
indexing
referring expressions
Giji
narrative discourse
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:36f5a8c309e742cb9bf11edd64ccf26e2021-11-19T03:52:42ZSymbolic indexing in Oromo10.32473/sal.v38i2.1072910039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/36f5a8c309e742cb9bf11edd64ccf26e2009-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107291https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper identifies a general phonic pattern of indexing on referential, spatiotemporal, and logical structures in Oromo. Final –n(V) marking across these different grammatical forms correlates with assumed accessibility of referents and of other information in discourse across a range of syntactic and semantic elements. The primary data for this study are from a spontaneous Guji narrative. Previous research on the form of referring expressions and the cognitive status of their referents in other Oromo dialects is extended through the consideration of the nominal constructions in this narrative. Furthermore, by the examination of other constructions, this –n(V) indexical is identified as a general pragmeme that functions to mark expressions for accessible referents and information on a range of forms across a discourse in Oromo.Mi’eesa YaachisRobbin ClamonsLibraryPress@UFarticleOromoindexingreferring expressionsGijinarrative discoursePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 38, Iss 2 (2009)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
FR
topic Oromo
indexing
referring expressions
Giji
narrative discourse
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle Oromo
indexing
referring expressions
Giji
narrative discourse
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Mi’eesa Yaachis
Robbin Clamons
Symbolic indexing in Oromo
description This paper identifies a general phonic pattern of indexing on referential, spatiotemporal, and logical structures in Oromo. Final –n(V) marking across these different grammatical forms correlates with assumed accessibility of referents and of other information in discourse across a range of syntactic and semantic elements. The primary data for this study are from a spontaneous Guji narrative. Previous research on the form of referring expressions and the cognitive status of their referents in other Oromo dialects is extended through the consideration of the nominal constructions in this narrative. Furthermore, by the examination of other constructions, this –n(V) indexical is identified as a general pragmeme that functions to mark expressions for accessible referents and information on a range of forms across a discourse in Oromo.
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Robbin Clamons
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