Some Observations on the Construct Marker -a in Classical Ethiopic

Kasper Siegismund

Some Observations on the Construct Marker -a in Classical Ethiopic

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This contribution offers a discussion of the Classical Ethiopic use of the marker -a to indicate both the direct object and the construct state of nouns. Following a critical evaluation of the explanation of the phenomenon given by Josef Tropper, a few observations are made here which seem to lend support to the idea that the use of the marker in the construct state is in fact a generalization of the accusative ending.

Original language	English
Journal	Aethiopica
Volume	20
Pages (from-to)	202-209
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1430-1938
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Faculty of Theology
Ethiopic language
Classical Ethiopic
Ge'ez
Semitic languages

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Some Observations on the Construct Marker -a in Classical Ethiopic

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