Gender and number morphology in Ethio-Eritrean semitic languages

The vowel -ā can be identified as a marker of nominal and verbal plurality in different Semitic and Afroasiatic languages. The vowels -ā (feminine plural) and -ū (masculine plural) which are used for both internal and external plurals are, according to Hasselbach (2007), derived from a verbal system...

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Main Author: Tesfay Tewolde Johannes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2021-09-01
Series:Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/12006