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Äthiopische Grammatik: mit Paradigmen, Litteratur, Chrestomathie und Glossar

1886

Teksts vācu un etiopiešu valodā.

:HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Languages and linguistics::Other languages::Semitic languages [Research Subject Categories]Afro-Asiatic languagesEthio-Semitic languagesEtiopijas valodasÄthiopische SpracheEtiopiešu valoda - gramatika.:HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Languages and linguistics::Other languages::African languages [Research Subject Categories]Etiosemītu valodasÄthiopische Sprache - GrammatikEthiopian languages
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From abugida to alphabet in Konso, Ethiopia

2019

Abstract This study examines the interplay between phonological awareness and orthography in Konso, a Cushitic language in Southwest Ethiopia. Thirty-two adults reading the Konso abugida but with minimal exposure to alphabetic literacy completed an orally administered phoneme deletion task. The responses were then examined using the minimal edit distance hypothesis (Wali, Sproat, Padakannaya & Bhuvaneshwari, 2009) as a framework for the analysis. The results suggest that the difficulty of a deletion was related to the way the phoneme was represented in the Konso abugida. Content-based error analysis of the incorrect responses gave indications of how Konso abugida readers’ processing of …

abugidaLinguistics and Languagemedia_common.quotation_subjectTeaching methodkirjoitusjärjestelmätphonemic awarenessalphabetic writing system050105 experimental psychologyLanguage and LinguisticsLiteracyfonologinen tietoisuusPhonological awarenessReading (process)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesKonsomedia_commonorthographyphonological awarenessPhonemic awareness05 social sciences050301 educationAfrican languagesoikeinkirjoitustransfer literacyLinguisticsafroaasialaiset kieletWriting systemlukutaitoCushitic languagesPsychology0503 educationCushitic languagesfonologiaOrthographyWritten Language and Literacy
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