Ethiopian languages: Selected topics
Monday 28th May
14.00–14.05: Janne Bondi Johannessen: Welcome
14.05–14.35: Melkeneh Seid: A Lexicostatistical Analysis of the Nine Dialects of Aari
14.35–15.05: Tsehay Abza: Verbal derivation in Inor
15.05–15.15: Break
15.15–15.45: Etaferahu Hailu: Description of the linguistic features and the sociolinguistic functions of the secret languages used by the Fedwet and the Fuga
15.45–16.15: Patrick Grosz and Janne Bondi Johannessen: Variation in parasynthetic compounds of the coarsefibered type
16.15–16.45: Lutz Edzard: The marked nominative in Arabic, Semitic, and Afroasiatic
16.45– 18.30: Light meal and wine at ILN
Tuesday 29th May
14.00–14.30: Emebet Bekele: Language, Ethnicity and Patterns of Belongingness among Speakers of Gurage Language Varieties
14.30–15.00: Almaz Galagay: Lexical Standardization in the Gamo Language
15.00–15.15: Break
15.15–15.45: Awlachew Shumneka: Language contact and its effect in the Gurage varieties of Muher
15.45–16.15: Solomon Getahun Assefa: Linguistic Features of Amharic Spoken in Gurage
Arranged by: Janne Bondi Johannessen and Kristin Hagen
Linguistic Capacity Building — Tools for the inclusive development of Ethiopia