Initia Amharica : An Introduction to Spoken Amharic

English

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics Ser.

ISBN: 1108013287

EAN: 9781108013284

Category: Foreign Language Study / African Languages

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release Date: 12/31/2010

Synopsis: C. H. Armbruster (1874-1957) was a civil servant in the Anglo-Sudan government and a linguist specialising in African languages. After visiting Ethiopia on diplomatic missions in 1906 and 1907 Armbruster published this three-volume reference work on colloquial, spoken Amharic between 1908 and 1920. Armbrusters study of Amharic was one of the first to be written in English, and exemplifies the shift among linguists away from the formal, classics-based style of earlier reference grammars towards a focus on colloquial speech and communication. The examples are drawn from direct knowledge of the contemporary language, unlike similar works of the period which were often based on centuries-old Ethiopian Orthodox biblical texts. Volume 3, completed in 1919, is a substantial Amharic-English vocabulary, with guidance on pronunciation, and idiomatic English glosses for Amharic phrases and sentences.

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Initia Amharica : An Introduction to Spoken Amharic

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Format: Paperback

Height: 1.18 inches

Width: 5.98 inches

Length: 9.02 inches

Weight: 27.58 oz

Pages: 538