Deixis in Zay - Kumsa, Diriba
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This research tries to briefly describe the morphology and usage of deictic elements in one of the endangered Ethiopian Semitic languages, zay. Morphologically, in order to make the explanations clear, the author tries to divide deictic elements (expressions) in two categories-simple and complex deictic expressions. Simple deictic expressions are demonstratives, personal pronouns, time adverbs and motion verbs. Complex deictic expressions denote concepts of spatial deixis, manner deixis, time deixis, person deixis and relational expressions. The endophoric usage of deictic expression is found in discourse and tracking deixis as well as social deixis.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This research tries to briefly describe the morphology and usage of deictic elements in one of the endangered Ethiopian Semitic languages, zay. Morphologically, in order to make the explanations clear, the author tries to divide deictic elements (expressions) in two categories-simple and complex deictic expressions. Simple deictic expressions are demonstratives, personal pronouns, time adverbs and motion verbs. Complex deictic expressions denote concepts of spatial deixis, manner deixis, time deixis, person deixis and relational expressions. The endophoric usage of deictic expression is found in discourse and tracking deixis as well as social deixis.
Autorenporträt
Diriba Kumsa, the author of this book, is currently an instructor at Jig-jiga University, Ethiopia. He studied Linguistics and Philology at Addis Ababa University, where could he has known the most effective approach to explore the aspects of deixis, specifically and how it works in human language, generally.