Towards the conceptualization of the sphere of interpersonal relations in amharic (Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego)

Tytuł Towards the Conceptualization of the Sphere of Interpersonal Relations in Amharic Autor Ewa Wołk Język angielski Wydawnictwo Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego ISBN 978-83-235-2850-0 Rok wydania 2008 Wydanie 1 liczba stron 126 Format pdf Spis treści Acknowledgements 7 Abbreviations 8 Index of source texts 9 Introduction 11 Transliteration 16 I. The subject of research and methodology 18 A short history of Amharic 18 Language policy 19 Source materials 25 Questions and methodology 27 II. Honorifics in Amharic 30 Sociolinguistic microcosm 30 Amharic terms for honorifics 35 Exponents of the honorifics category 38 Summary 42 III. Communication at the public level 47 Addressing citizens and rulers 47 Orders and prohibitions 56 Advertisements 60 IV. Expressive speech acts 63 Everyday communication 63 Special occasions 68 V. Nominal forms of address 78 Kinship terms 78 Expressing affection 88 VI. Changes: directions and tendencies 91 Transformations in perception 91 The evolution of ‘geta’ 94 VII. The morpheme -ta and the sphere of personal relation 99 Respect and non-respect 100 Expressive speech acts 102 Other personal contacts 103 Ways of derivation 107 Conclusions 110 Index 116 Bibliography 122