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Publications by Klaus Wedekind
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Forthcoming
Forth., with Moges Yigezu and
Derib Ado
Sounds of the Horn
The phonetics of languages of the Horn of Africa [with CD data and sound
files]
Forth., submitted 2010
Browne's "Textus
Blemmyicus Aetatis Christianae": A Cushiticist's
perspective
Paper presented at the “Giornata
internazionale di studii sull'Eritrea”, May 2010
Forth.,
submitted 2010
The
"Bayati / Bati" Scales of the "Tambour / Krar"
and the Lute in Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan
Paper
presented at "Aethiopisches
Forschungs-Colloquium", Berlin, December 2009
Forth., submitted 2009
Beja dialects: Dynamic perspectives
Paper presented at the "World Congress of African
Linguistics", Cologne, August 2009
Publications
Internet
publications
2011
Beja word final
length: Intonational, morphological, or both?
Paper to be
presented at the "14th Italian Meeting of Afroasiatic
Linguistics",
Torino, 15-18
June 2011
See the abstract
at [ 2011_Beja_Word_Final_Length.PDF
]
2008
Questions about the Semantics and the
Phonology of Transitivity in Busa (Nigeria)
Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Mande Languages and
Linguistics,
Sankt Petersburg, 15-17
September, 2008
[ 2008_Transitivity_in_Busa.PDF
]
2008, Roba Dame and Charlotte wedekind,
Burji Dictionary, Revision of the 1994
Version, Introduction
at the present website, [ 2008_Burji_Dictionary_of_1994_Introduction.PDF
]
2008, Roba Dame and Charlotte Wedekind,
Burji Dictionary, Revision of the 1994
Version, Listing by Burji Entries,
at the present website, [ 2008_Burji_Dictionary_of_1994.PDF
]
2008
Gedeo Dictionary, Revision of the 1978
Version, Introduction and Cultural Terminology,
at the present website, [ 2008_Gedeo_Dictionary_of_1978_Introduction.PDF
]
2008
Gedeo Dictionary, Revision of the 1978
Version, Listing by Semantic Categories,
at the present website, [ 2008_Gedeo_by_Semantic_Categories.PDF
]
2008, with Charlotte Wedekind and Abuzeinab Musa,
Beja Pedagogical Grammar,
at the website of Cologne University, Institut fuer Afrikanistik
[c. 400 pp., Arabic and Latin
transcription, with audio files],
[ http://www.afrikanistik-online.de/archiv/2008/1283
]
2006
Beja Narratives: Pursuit of Participants and
Analysis of Aspects,
Ethnorema II, No.2 (2006),
[ http://www.ethnorema.it/rivista_en.htm
]
2004
Number in NPs of Beja (Afro-Asiatic):
Morphology and Layered Structure,
in: Brian Nolan (ed.), 2004, Proceedings, International Role and Reference
Grammar Conference,
Dublin, Ireland, Dublin;
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown 2004, pp. 337-348
[
http://linguistics.buffalo.edu/research/rrg/RRG2004 Book of Proceedings.pdf
]
2002 with Kati and Ralph Siebert,
Sociolinguistic survey report on languages of
the Asosa - Begi - Komosha area part 1.
[ "http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 with Hailu Berhanu and Sisay Dereje,
Sociolinguistic survey report of the Khamir
language of Ethiopia.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 with Giorgio Banti,
Updating linguistic maps [for Ethiopia].
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 with Charlotte Wedekind.
Sociolinguistic survey of the Awngi language
of Ethiopia.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 with Charlotte Wedekind.
Initial SLLE survey of the Zway area.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 with Charlotte Wedekind, Charlotte and Ralph Siebert.
Third S.L.L.E. survey on languages of the
Begi/Asosa area.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 with Charlotte Wedekind,
Sociolinguistic survey report of the Asosa -
Begi - Komosha area: part II.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 with Charlotte Wedekind and Abuzaynab Musa,
RRG Universal Verb Classes vs. Beja Verb
Classifications
Based on Morphologies
and Textual Functions,
presented at the 2002 International Course and Conference of Role and
Reference Grammar,
University of La Rioja, Logrono,
Spain, 2002.
[ http://wings.buffalo.edu/soc-sci/linguistics/research/rrg/vanvalin-papers/wedekind.PDI
]
2002 with Aklilu Yilma, Aklilu,
Sociolinguistic report on the survey of
little-known languages of Ethiopia.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 with Aklilu Yilma,
Oromo sentence repetition test and its
development.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002
Sociolinguistic survey report on the Amuru
area of Ethiopia.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002
Sociolinguistic survey report of the
languages of the Gawwada, Tsamay and Diraasha areas
with excursions to
Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore (Irbore) part II.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
2002 (ed.)
Sociolinguistic survey report of the
languages of the Gawwada (Dullay), Diraasha (Gidole),
Muusiye (Bussa)
areas.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
1995 with Hailu Berhanu and Sisay Dereje,
Khamir - the people [ximra] and their
language [ximt’ana].
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
1995 with Charlotte Wedekind. 1995.
A survey of Awngi.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
1995
Conclusion of the S.L.L.E. survey.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
1995
A note on Amuru.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
1994 with Ralph Siebert and Charlotte Wedekind.
Third S. L. L. E. survey on languages of the
Begi/Asosa area.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
1994 with Dinote Kusia Shenkere and others,
Second survey of language of the Gawwada,
Tsamay and Diraasha areas
with excursions to Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore (Irbore), report part 1.
[ http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290
]
Papers and books in print
2010
Shinashsha: Shinashsha language
in: Siegbert Uhlig, Alessandro Bausi (eds.), “Encyclopeadia Aethiopica”,
vol. 4, pp. 663-664, Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz
2010
A Report on the Automatic Parsing of Tigre
in: Gianfrancesco Lusini (ed.), "History and Language of the
Tigre-speaking peoples" ,
Studi Africanistici, Serie Etiopica 10,
Dipartimento
di Studi e Ricerche su Africa e Paesi Arabi,
Napoli: Universita di Napoli
2009 (issue
of 2006/07), with Abuzeinab Musa,
Beja (Bidhaawyeet): The Verb System,
in: Afrika und Uebersee vol. 89, pp. 1-80
2008, with Mahmud
Mohammed,
A Beja saga in four dialects: Lexical and
other differences,
in: Gabor Takacs (ed.), Semito-Hamitic Festschrift for A. B. Dolgopolsky
and H. Jungraithmayr.
pp. 366-378, Berlin: Reimer
2008, with Charlotte Wedekind and Abuzeinab Musa,
A Learner's Grammar of Beja (East Sudan):
Grammar, Texts, and Vocabulary
Afrikawissenschaftliche Lehrbuecher vol. 17 [with audio CD], Cologne:
Koeppe
2007
An Update on Beja: From Phonology to Text
Studies,
in: Rainer Voigt (ed.), Akten des 7. internationalen
Semitohamitistenkongresses Berlin 2004,
Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia no.5, pp. 165-184, Aachen: Shaker
2006
Beja Narratives: Pursuit of Participants and
Analysis of Aspects,
Ethnorema II, No.2 (2006), pp. 101-128 [see also under website
publications]
2006
Beja Phonology: an Update,
Folia Orientalia, Cracow, vol. 40, pp. 71-91
2005
Contrastive Analyses of a Beja Song
Journal of Eritrean Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 and 2, pp. 132-166
based on a paper read at C.A.L.L., Univ. of Leiden, 2004
[with music samples at the Asmara University website]
2004
Beja Pronouns and Glides: Dialects in Search
of Optima,
pp. 217-228 in: Gabor Takacs (ed.), Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic
(Afro-Asiatic) Studies
in Memoriam Werner Vycichl,
Leiden and Boston: Brill.
2004
Report on the 3nd Survey of Social Services
and Needs in NDA-held Areas of North Eastern Sudan,
Asmara: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
2003, with Mohammed Ali,
Report on the 2nd Survey of Social Services
and Needs in NDA-held Areas of North Eastern Sudan,
Asmara: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
1998, with John Abraha,
Review: Kunama,
by Marvin Lionel Bender, 1996, Languages of the World/Materials 59, LINCOM
EUROPA,
Notes on Linguistics, vol. 80, pp. 27-30.
1997, with Daniel Teclemariam et al.,
Eritrea Dialect Survey: December 1996-May
1997: Report,
The Ministry of Education, Asmara
1996, with Nadine Dutcher,
Assessment of Mother Tongue Education in
Eritrea,
Asmara: The Ministry of Education, Nov. 1996
1996
Report: Africa Area Linguistics Consultants
Seminar, Kenya, October 2-20, 1995
Notes on Linguistics 73 (May 1996)
1995, with Charlotte Wedekind,
A Survey of Awngi.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 28 May 1995 [see the revised edition,
website]
1995, with Charlotte Wedekind,
A Note on Amuru [Amuru, Boro of Bulen and
Mambuk, Boro of Wombera].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 29 April 1995 [see the revised edition,
website]
1995, with Berhanu Hailu and Sisay Dereje,
Khamir [...] - the People [...] and their
Language,
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Reports no. 23 April 1995 [see the revised edition,
website]
1995
Conclusion of the S.L.L.E. Survey.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 33 July 1995. [see the revised edition,
website]
1994, with Yigzew Bekele,
Administrative Maps: Various Notes.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 19 December 1994
1994, with Wolde Gebriel Tanaba and Zewde Cheru,
On the Wordlists of Diraasha (Gidole) and
Muusiye (Bussa).
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 19 December 1994
1994, with Ralph Siebert,
Third Survey on Languages of the Begi/Asosa
Area
[With notes on the Mao of Metahara, and reports on Hozo, Komo, Kwama,
Mao-Begi and Seeze].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 15 March 1994
1994, with Giorgio Banti,
Updating Linguistic Maps,
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 13 March 1994 [see the revised edition,
website]
1994
Survey of Languages of the Gawwada, (Dullay),
Diraasha (Gidole), Muusiye (Bussa) Areas.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 19, November 1994 [see the revised edition,
website]
1994, with Dinote Kusia and Ralph Siebert,
Second Survey of Languages of the Gawwada,
Tsamay and Diraasha Areas,
With Notes on Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore (Irbore).
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 20, December 1994 [see the revised edition,
website]
1994, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Initial Survey of the Zway Area.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 14 January 1994 [see the revised edition,
website]
1994, with Charlotte Wedekind and Zelealem Leyew,
A First Report on a Survey of the Shinasha
and Agew Dialects and Languages [Awngi, Boro, Qimant and Xamtanga].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 18 May 1994
1994, with Ashenafi Tesfaye,
Aspects of Omotic Tonogenesis: Shinasha
(Borna).
Journal of Ethiopian Studies, Vol. 27 no.2 (Dec. 1994) pp. 1-20
1994
Ethiopian Semitic Languages.
in: Asher, R.F. (editor-in-chief), The Encyclopedia of Language and
Linguistics. Oxford, New York etc.: Pergamon Press and Aberdeen University
Press [lexical entry].
1994
Alphabetisierung und
Literalitaet in Aethiopien,
pp. 824-814 in: Guenther, Hartmut, and Otto Ludwig, eds. Schrift und
Schriftlichkeit / Writing and Its Use. Ein interdisiplinaeres Handbuch
internationaler Forschung / An Interdisciplinary Handbook of International
Research. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter.
1993
On the Oromo Sentence Repetition Test and its
Development,
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Reports no. 7 April 1993 [see the revised edition,
website]
1993, with Ralph and Kati Siebert,
A Survey of the Languages of the
Asosa/Begi/Komosha Area [Berta (Beni Shangul), Mao of Didessa].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 11 November 1993 [see the revised edition,
website]
1993, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Survey of the Begi/Asosa/Komosha Area - Part
II [Berta/Beni-Shangul, Komo, Kwama, Mao of Bambassi].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 12 November 1993
1993
Third S.L.L.E. Survey on Languages of the
Begi/Asosa Area,
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report No. 11 [see the revised edition, website]
1993
Texterzeugung am Beispiel kuschitischer
Narrativtexte: Grundlagen und Ergebnisse.
Working Papers in Functional Grammar. No. 53. Amsterdam.
1992
Which Form Predicts All Others Best?
Variations on the Amharic verb theme.
Journal of Ethiopian Studies Vol. 25 pp. 73-92
1991, with Anne Wedekind,
Which Beat Rules Beat Which? Amharic Stress
(Beat) Rules of Linguists, Poets, and Singers
in: Bahru Zewde, Richard Pankhurst, and Taddese Beyene (eds.),
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies,
Addis Ababa,
The Institute of Ethiopian Studies, April 1991, pp. 749-764
1990, with Ashenafi Tesfaye,
Characteristics of Omotic Tone: Shinasha.
Studies in African Languages (SAL), Los Angeles, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 347-368
1990
Glottalization constraints and Ethiopian
counter-evidence.
Folia Linguistica Europaea Vol. 24 No. 1-2, pp. 127-138.
1990
Gimo-Jan or Ben-Yem-Om: Bench'-Yemsa
Phonemes, Tones and Words.
in: Richard Hayward (ed.), Omotic Language Studies, London: SOAS, pp.
185-209
1990
Generating Narratives: Interrelations of
Knowledge, Text Variants, and Cushitic Focus Strategies.
[Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs 52] Berlin, New York: Mouton
de Gruyter, 726 pp.
1989
Report: The Third International Conference on
Functional Grammar,
Amsterdam, June 20-24, 1988,
Notes on Linguistics 45, pp. 56-61
1989
Status and Dynamics of Ethiopian Vowel
Systems.
in: Journal of Ethiopian Studies pp. 105-172 Vol.22 (Nov. 1989)
1987
Barking up the Wrong Moon: Relevance in
Conversations in Busa (Nigeria),
in: Multilingua 6, 3, pp. 151-195
1986, with Kassahun Regga,
Communication Breakdown or Lèse-Majesté?
How Feudoid Subgroups of the Yemma (Janjero) Culture Talk to Each Other,
in: Language in Global Perspective, pp. 557-562. ed. Benjamin Elson.
Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
1985 (ed.)
The Verb Morphophonemics of Five Highland
East Cushitic Languages Including Burji.
Monograph, Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere No. 2
1985
Why Benchnon (Ethiopia) has five level tones
today,
pp. 881-901 in: Pieper and Stickel, eds. 1985, Studia Linguistica
Diachronica et Synchronica, Berlin etc.: Mouton de Gruyter
1985
Thoughts when Drawing a Map of Tone
Languages,
Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP) 1 Maerz 1985, pp. 105-124
1985
Foreword and Survey, The Verb Morphophonemics
of Five Highland East Cushitic Languages
including Burji,
pp. 8-9 in: Monograph, Afrikanistsche Arbeitspapiere No. 2. Cologne:
Cologne University
1985
Gedeo (Derasa) Verb Morphology and Morphophonemics,
in: The Verb Morphophonemics of Five Highland East Cushitic Languages
including Burji, Monograph, Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere No. 2. Cologne:
Cologne University, pp. 82-109
1984 The Use of Cassettes by Bruce Adams and John
Corey.
Notes on Translation 81, pp. 36-38 [published as 'author unknown']
1983
Modulation of pitch scales for the speech
partner's sake?
Observations from tone languages of Nigeria and Ethiopia,
Paper prepared for the Tenth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
(IPA), Utrecht 1.-6. Aug. 1983 [Abstract in: Proceedings, vol.2, p. 594]
1983
A six-tone language in Ethiopia: Tonal
analysis of Bench-Non (Gimira),
in: Journal of Ethiopian Studies vol. 16, pp. 129-156
1982, with Ronald James Sim,
Review of Guenter Schlee, 1978, Sprachliche
Studien zum Rendille,
(Hamburger Philologische Studien 46) Hamburg: Helmut Buske,
in: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 4, pp. 101-103
1981
Language policy before and after a
revolution: The case of Ethiopia 1974-1980,
paper read at the Sixth International Conference of Applied Linguistics
(AILA), Lund, August 9-14, 1981,
Abstract in AILA Proceedings 1981, vol. 1 pp. 589-590
1980
Sidamo, Gedeo (Derasa), Burji: Phonological
Differences and Likenesses,
in: Journal of Ethiopian Studies 14, 1976-1979, pp. 131-176
1976
Kola, Tpala, ou Kpala? Notes sur les
occlusives doubles dans la langue daba-mousgoy
(Kola du Nord- Cameroun),
in: African Languages/Langues Africaines 1976 vol. 2, pp. 91-104
1972
An outline of the Grammar of Busa (Nigeria),
Ph.D. dissertation, Kiel Univ. 300 pp.
Papers presented at conferences
etc.
2010, with Charlotte Wedekind
Beja:
How well does the current parser handle input texts? [data bases, texts,
parser]
Paper
presented at "Aethiopisches Forschungs-Colloquium", Berlin, June
2009
2008
The Study of Phonetics and Phonology in
Ethiopian Linguistics, and its Future Prospects,
Paper prepared for the Conference "Ethiopian Linguistics:
Achievements, Challenges and Prospects", Addis Abeba University, March
2008
2008
A Report on the Automatic Parsing of Tigre -
Lots of Morphology and Bits of Syntax,
Paper presented at the International Workshop "History and Language of
the Tigre-Speaking Peoples", Universita di Napoli
"L'Orientale", February 2008
[with screenshots of the automatic analysis]
2007
Phonetics at Addis Abeba University - A
Historical Perspective
Paper presented at the "Workshop on The PhD Program and The Regional
Center of Excellence in Experimental Phonetics", Addis Abeba
University, June 2007
[With illustrations]
2006
On the Survival of the Classical
"Kithara / Lyre" in N.E. Africa’s "Krar / Kisir / Masinkoob
/ Tambour",
Paper presented at the "Afrikanistentag 2006", Muenchen, December
2006
[With illustrations and music samples]
2005
Two Perceptions of Endangerment [with special
reference to Beja],
Paper presented at the International Conference on Endangered Languages,
27-30 April 2005, Addis Ababa [c. 20 pp., with maps]
2004
Contrastive Analyses of a Beja Song,
Paper read at the Conference on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden,
2004,
Also appeared in: Journal of Eritrean Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 and 2, pp.
132-166 [with music samples at the Asmara University website]
2000
The 'Text Transfer' Project of the Ministry
of Education,
Paper read at the International Conference on Language and Literature
'Against All Odds', January 2000, Asmara
1999, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Designing a Writing System: Phonological
Socio-linguistic and Practical Considerations,
Paper read at the First International Conference on the Beja Language,
Cairo, Sept. 1999
1994
Musico-linguistics: Tone and tune in the
language and music of Bench [Gimira].
Paper read at the Annual Seminar of the Institute of Language Studies,
Addis Abeba University, 1994
1993
Ethiopian evidence for stronger and weaker
forms of the claim that 'Languages are inherently designed to be written',
Paper read at the X. Afrikanistentag, 23-25 September 1993, Zuerich
1988
Tone Languages of Ethiopia: An update with
typological notes,
Paper read at the Xth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Paris,
Aug. 1988
1988
Notional Units in H.E. Cushitic Narratives,
and Kleist's 'Gradual Completion of Thoughts while Speaking',
Paper read at the Xth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Paris,
Aug. 1988
1986
Consecutio Aspectuum in the Gedeo Verb,
Paper read at the International Symposium on Cushitc and Omotic Languages,
St. Augustin/Bonn, Jan. 6-9, 1986
1981
Bibliographical notes on folklore methodology
and biographical notes on folklore re-creation,
paper presented at the Folklore Seminar May 1981 held by the Institute of
Language Studies, Addis Abeba University, mimeogr. and manuscr. 21 pp.
1980
Which translation in which language would
each citizen of this country understand best?
Paper read at the Translation Seminar May 1980, held by The Ministry of
Culture, The Ethiopian Language Academy and The Institute of Language
Studies of the Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, mimeogr. 21 pp.
1977
Gedeo [Derasa] work songs and their
musicological, linguistic, and sociological context,
Paper prepared for the Conference on Political Institutions of the Peoples
of Ethiopia, The Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Abeba Universtiy,
June 1977,
manuscr. 39 pp.
Papers
mimeographed for limited distribution
1998, with Charlotte
Wedekind (eds.),
Orthography and Transliteration Guide,
Seminar handbook, with examples,
prepared for seminars at the Ministry of Education, Asmara, September 1998,
mimeogr. [110 pp.]
1980, with Bryan Fargher,
Haada: A Gedeo [Derasa] transition primer,
mimeogr. 66 pp.
1978
Trilingual dictionary of the Gedeo [Derasa]
language,
sequenced according to Gedeo entries in Ethiopic script. Includes English
and Amharic glosses and semantic categories,
mimeogr. c. 500 pp. [See also the downloadable version of 2008]
1978, with Wakayehu Biftu,
How to write Gedeo [Derasa],
mimeogr. A5 size, 9 pp. [Ethiopic script]
1977
Tobboc'ote hinaaki: Eight Gedeo [Derasa]
texts in phonological transcription and three different orthographies
[Ethiopic script],
mimeogr. 24 pp.
1971, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Karatun da Rubutun Busanci [Reading and
Writing in the Busa Language]
Zaria, mimeogr. 32 pp.
1971, with Charlotte Wedekind and Musa B. Ahmed,
Bara sira busu nobo senteno [Animals of
Africa, Busa]
Preliminary edition, Zaria, mimeogr. 32 pp.
Papers
in manuscript form
[NB manuscripts on Ethiopian languages are available at 'The Institute of
Ethiopian Studies', IES Library, Addis Abeba University, P.O.B. 1176, Addis
Abeba, Ethiopia]
2005, with
Charlotte Wedekind,
Beja Sayings and Wisdom Literature,
manuscript, 8 pp.
1989
Why Ethiopian Languages don't have both tone
and accent
paper prepared for the Cushitic-Omotic Conference 1989, Rome [manuscript]
1983, with Karen Buseman and Gary Unruh,
A computer-tested minimal parsing-machine of
Gedeo [Derasa]: Morphological rules and morpheme inventory for the
automatic analysis of Gedeo texts,
machine programme and manuscript
1983
A graduate course in 'Field linguistics',
with focus on non-Semitic languages of Ethiopia, including notes on
collecting oral literature: Handouts and lecture notes,
manuscript, c. 150 pp.
1983
A bibliography of Ethiopian linguistics and
related fields, c. 2000 categorized entries,
manuscript, c. 100 pp.
1982
Translation update May 1982: list of
languages and translations, with notes on bilingualism and dialect
intelligibility,
manuscr. 5 pp.
1982
A survey of Ethiopian phonetic inventories,
with notes on suprasegmentals,
manuscr. 40 charts
1982
A preliminary word list of Yemsa [Janjero],
c. 750 entries,
manuscr. 14 pp.
1982
A graduate course in phonetics, with
reference to phonetic properties of selected Ethiopian languages:
Handouts and lecture notes, manuscript, c. 120 pp.
1981
Suggestions for a Bench Non [Gimira]
orthography, with chart,
manuscr. 3 pp.
1981
Some preliminary notes on the Gimira [Bench
Non] pronoun and verb system,
manuscr. 9 pp.
1980
Gimira [Bench Non] tone patterns: Nouns,
Verbs,
manuscr. 9 pp.
1980
Discourse properties of Gedeo [Derasa] texts,
manuscr. 5 pp.
1980
A printout of the Gedeo [Derasa] dictionary
in the alphabetical order of the English glosses,
c. 75 pp.
1980
A printout of the Gedeo [Derasa] dictionary
in fidel sequence as required by the A.A.U.P Editorial Board 1980,
c. 75 pp.
1980
A printout of all grammatical suffixes
[Gedeo/Derasa, alphabetical order, with English gloss],
8 pp.
1978 with Charlotte Wedekind,
Sketch of a Burji grammar: Transition network
model,
manuscr. 29 pp.
1978, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Burji glossary,
manuscr. 69 pp.
1978
The Gedeo (Derasa) kinship terminology,
manuscr. 32 pp.
1978
Phonetic drills, Gedeo [Derasa],
manuscr. 12 pp. , with tape
1978
Mitte barra - Gedeo [Derasa] texts prepared
for discourse study,
manuscr. 19 pp.
1978
Additions and corrections to the Gedeo [Derasa]
wordbook,
manuscr. 19 pp.
1977
Reading problems in a Sidamo language: Gedeo
[Derasa],
manuscr. 8 pp.
1977
List of morphemes from the Gedeo [Derasa]
concordance, with frequencies,
manuscr. c. 15 pp.
1977
Gedeo [Derasa] folklore: A song collection,
manuscr. 16 pp.
1977
A thesaurus of the Gedeo [Derasa] language,
manuscr. 23 pp.
1976
The Gedeo [Derasa] kinship terminology, with
lists and charts,
manuscr. 19 pp.
1976
The Verb [Gedeo/Derasa]: Paradigms,
manuscr. 8 pp.
1976
The 'Sidamo languages': A bibliography,
manuscr. 3 pp.
1976
Printout of a Burji text collection,
Addis Abeba, Central Statistical Office, 39 pp.
1976
Phoneme frequencies in five 'Sidamo
languages'
manuscr. 12 pp.
1976
Derasa/gede'uffa/language learning drills,
manuscr. 30 pp.
1976
Derasa [Gedeo] verbs and derivatives,
mimeogr. 17 pp.
1976
Derasa (Gedeo): Some notes on the verb
morphology,
manuscr. 20 pp.
1976
Contents of the Derasa [Gedeo] morpheme
concordance: Statistics and summaries,
manuscr. 7 pp.
1976
Cognates: Sidamo, Gedeo [Derasa], Burji,
manuscr. 12 pp.
1973, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Languages West of Maroua (Cameroun du Nord),
Survey Report,
typewritten manuscript [with maps], c. 80 pp.
Publications by
country
Africa,
general
1996
Report: Africa Area Linguistics Consultants
Seminar, Kenya, October 2-20, 1995
Notes on Linguistics 73 (May 1996)
1989
Report: The Third International Conference on
Functional Grammar,
Amsterdam, June 20-24, 1988,
Notes on Linguistics 45, pp. 56-61
1985
Thoughts when Drawing a Map of Tone
Languages,
Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP) 1 Maerz 1985, pp. 105-124
Cameroun
1985
Thoughts when Drawing a Map of Tone
Languages,
Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP) 1 Maerz 1985, pp. 105-124
1976
Kola, Tpala, ou Kpala?
Notes sur les occlusives doubles dans la langue daba-mousgoy (Kola du Nord-
Cameroun),
in: African Languages/Langues Africaines 1976 vol. 2, pp. 91-104
1973, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Languages West of Maroua (Cameroun du Nord),
Survey Report,
typewritten manuscript [with maps], c. 80 pp.
Egypt,
Eritrea, Sudan
Forth., submitted 2010
Browne's "Textus
Blemmyicus Aetatis Christianae": A Cushiticist's
perspective
Paper presented at the “Giornata
internazionale di studii sull'Eritrea”, May 2010
Forth.,
submitted 2010
The
"Bayati / Bati" Scales of the "Tambour /
Krar" and the Lute in Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan
Paper
presented at "Aethiopisches
Forschungs-Colloquium", Berlin, December 2009
Forth., submitted 2009, with
Mahmud Mohammed
Beja dialects: Dynamic perspectives
Paper presented at the "World Congress of African
Linguistics", Cologne, August 2009
2010, with Charlotte Wedekind
Beja: How
well does the current parser handle input texts? [data bases, texts,
parser]
Paper
presented at "Aethiopisches Forschungs-Colloquium", Berlin, June
2009
2010
A Report on the Automatic Parsing of Tigre
in: Gianfrancesco Lusini (ed.), Proceedings: Conference of the
International Workshop
"History and Language of
the Tigre-speaking peoples" , Studi Africanistici Serie Etiopica, 10,
Dipartimento
di Studi e Ricerche su Africa e Paesi Arabi, Universita di Napoli
2009, issue of 2006/07, with Abuzeinab
Musa,
Beja (Bidhaawyeet): The Verb System,
in: Afrika und Uebersee vol. 89, pp. 1-80
2008, with
Charlotte Wedekind and Abuzeinab Musa,
A Learner's Grammar of Beja (East Sudan):
Grammar, Texts, and Vocabulary
Afrikawissenschaftliche Lehrbuecher vol. 17 [with audio CD], Cologne:
Koeppe
2008, with Mahmud Mohammed,
A Beja saga in four dialects: Lexical and
other differences,
in: Gabor Takacs (ed.), Semito-Hamitic Festschrift for A. B. Dolgopolsky
and H. Jungraithmayr. pp. 366-378, Berlin: Reimer
2008, with Charlotte Wedekind and Abuzeinab Musa,
Beja Pedagogical Grammar,
at the website of Cologne University, Institut fuer Afrikanistik [c. 400
pp.,
Arabic and Latin transcription,
with audio files],
[ http://www.afrikanistik-online.de/archiv/2008/1283
]
2007
An Update on Beja: From Phonology to Text
Studies,
in: Rainer Voigt (ed.), Akten des 7. internationalen
Semitohamitistenkongresses Berlin 2004,
Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia no.5, pp. 165-184, Aachen: Shaker
2006
Beja Phonology: an Update,
Folia Orientalia, Cracow, vol. 40, pp. 71-91
2006
Beja Narratives: Pursuit of Participants and
Analysis of Aspects,
Ethnorema II, No.2 (2006) pp. 101-128, "http://www.ethnorema.it/rivista_en.htm"
2005
Two Perceptions of Endangerment [with special
reference to Beja],
Paper presented at the
International Conference on Endangered Languages,
27-30 April 2005, Addis Ababa [c. 20 pp., maps], Conference paper
2005
Contrastive Analyses of a Beja Song
Journal of Eritrean Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 and 2, pp. 132-166,
based on a paper read at
C.A.L.L., Univ. of Leiden, 2004,
[with music samples at the
Asmara University website]
2005
An Update on Beja: From Phonology to Text
Studies,
in: Rainer Voigt (ed.) Akten des 7. internationalen
Semitohamitistenkongresses Berlin 2004,
Semitica et Semitohamitica
Berolinensia vol. 5, pp. 165-184
2005, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Beja Sayings and Wisdom Literature,
manuscript, 8 pp.
2004
Number in NPs of Beja (Afro-Asiatic):
Morphology and Layered Structure,
in: Brian Nolan (ed.), 2004, Proceedings, International Role and Reference
Grammar Conference,
Dublin, Ireland, Dublin;
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown 2004, pp. 337-348
[
http://linguistics.buffalo.edu/research/rrg/RRG2004 Book of Proceedings.pdf
]
2004
Report on the 3nd Survey of Social Services
and Needs in NDA-held Areas of North Eastern Sudan [With questionnaires in
the Beja language],
Asmara: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
2004
Beja Pronouns and Glides: Dialects in Search
of Optima,
pp. 217-228 in: Gabor Takacs (ed.),
Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) Studies in Memoriam Werner
Vycichl,
Leiden and Boston: Brill.
2004
Contrastive Analyses of a Beja Song,
Paper read at the Conference on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden,
2004,
Revised version: Journal of
Eritrean Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 and 2, pp. 132-166
[with music samples at the
Asmara University website]
2003, with Mohammed Ali,
Report on the 2nd Survey of Social Services
and Needs in NDA-held Areas of North Eastern Sudan [With questionnaires in
the Beja language],
Asmara: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
1999, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Designing a Writing System: Phonological
Socio-linguistic and Practical Considerations,
Paper read at the First International Conference on the Beja Language,
Cairo, Sept. 1999, Conf.p.
Eritrea
Forth.,
submitted 2010
The
"Bayati / Bati" Scales of the "Tambour /
Krar" and the Lute in Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan
Paper
presented at "Aethiopisches
Forschungs-Colloquium", Berlin, December 2009
Forth., submitted 2009
Beja dialects: Dynamic perspectives
Paper to be presented at WOCAL, Cologne, August 2009
Forth., with Moges Yigezu and Derib Ado
Sounds of the Horn
The phonetics of languages of the Horn of Africa [with CD data and sound
files]
2010, with Charlotte Wedekind
Beja:
How well does the current parser handle input texts? [data bases, texts,
parser]
Paper
presented at "Aethiopisches Forschungs-Colloquium", Berlin, June
2009
2010
A Report on the Automatic Parsing of Tigre
in: Gianfrancesco Lusini (ed.), "History and Language of the
Tigre-speaking peoples" ,
Studi Africanistici, Serie Etiopica 10,
Dipartimento
di Studi e Ricerche su Africa e Paesi Arabi, Napoli: Universita di Napoli
2000
The 'Text Transfer' Project of the Ministry
of Education,
Paper read at the International Conference on Language and Literature
'Against All Odds',
January 2000, Asmara, Conference
papaer
1998, with John Abraha,
Review: Kunama,
by Marvin Lionel Bender, 1996,
Languages of the World/Materials 59, LINCOM EUROPA, Notes on Linguistics,
vol. 80, pp. 27-30.
1998, with Charlotte Wedekind (eds.),
Orthography and Transliteration Guide,
Seminar handbook, with examples,
prepared for seminars at the Ministry of Education, Asmara, September 1998,
mimeogr. [110 pp.]
1997, with Daniel Teclemariam et al.,
Eritrea Dialect Survey: December 1996 - May
1997
Report, The Ministry of Education, Asmara
1996, with Nadine Dutcher,
Assessment of Mother Tongue Education in
Eritrea,
Asmara: The Ministry of Education, Nov. 1996
1985
Thoughts when Drawing a Map of Tone
Languages,
Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP) 1 Maerz 1985, pp. 105-124
Ethiopia
Forth.,
submitted 2010
The
"Bayati / Bati" Scales of the "Tambour /
Krar" and the Lute in Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan
Paper
presented at "Aethiopisches
Forschungs-Colloquium", Berlin, December 2009
Forth., with Moges Yigezu,
Abebayehu Mesele and Derib Ado
Sounds of the Horn
The phonetics of languages of the Horn of Africa [with CD data and sound
files]
Forth., with Abebayehu Mesele, submitted 2009,
Pitch as a Physical Correlate of Stress in
Gedeo Nouns
to appear in: Ethiopian Journal of Linguistics and Philology, Addis Abeba
University
Forth., with Derib Ado, submitted 2009,
The Phonetics of Amharic Sounds: An
Experimental Study
to appear in: Ethiopian Journal of Linguistics and Philology, Addis Abeba
University
2010
Shinashsha: Shinashsha language
in: Siegbert Uhlig, Alessandro Bausi (eds.), “Encyclopeadia Aethiopica”,
vol. 4, pp. 663-664, Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz
2008
Gedeo Dictionary, Revision of the 1978
Version, Listing by Semantic Categories,
at the present website, [ PdfFiles/2008_Gedeo_Dictionary_of_1978_by_Categories.PDF
]
2008
Gedeo Dictionary, Revision of the 1978
Version, Introduction and Cultural Terminology,
at the present website, [ PdfFiles/2008_Gedeo_Dictionary_of_1978_Introduction.PDF
]
2008, Roba Dame and Charlotte Wedekind,
Burji Dictionary, Revision of the 1994
Version, Listing by Burji Entries,
at the present website, [ PdfFiles/2008_Burji_Dictionary_of_1994.PDF
]
2008, Roba Dame and Charlotte wedekind,
Burji Dictionary, Revision of the 1994
Version, Introduction
at the present website, [ PdfFiles/2008_Burji_Dictionary_of_1994_Introduction.PDF
]
2008
The Study of Phonetics and Phonology in
Ethiopian Linguistics, and its Future Prospects,
Paper prepared for the Conference "Ethiopian Linguistics:
Achievements, Challenges and Prospects", Addis Abeba University, March
2008
2007
Phonetics at Addis Abeba University - A
Historical Perspective
Paper presented at the "Workshop on The PhD Program and The Regional
Center of Excellence in Experimental Phonetics", Addis Abeba
University, June 2007
[With illustrations]
2005
Two Perceptions of Endangerment [with special
reference to Beja],
Paper presented at the International Conference on Endangered Languages,
27-30 April 2005, Addis Ababa [c. 20 pp., with maps]
2002, with Kati and Ralph Siebert,
Sociolinguistic survey report on languages of
the Asosa - Begi - Komosha area part 1.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, with Hailu Berhanu and Sisay Dereje,
Sociolinguistic survey report of the Khamir
language of Ethiopia.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, with Giorgio Banti,
Updating linguistic maps [for Ethiopia].
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Initial SLLE survey of the Zway area.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Sociolinguistic survey of the Awngi language
of Ethiopia.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Sociolinguistic survey report of the Asosa -
Begi - Komosha area: part II.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, with Charlotte Wedekind and Ralph Siebert,
Third S.L.L.E. survey on languages of the
Begi/Asosa area.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, with Charlotte Wedekind and Abuzaynab Musa,
RRG Universal Verb Classes vs. Beja Verb
Classifications Based on Morphologies and Textual Functions,
Paper presented at the 2002 International Course and Conference of Role and
Reference Grammar, University of La Rioja, Logrono, Spain, 2002.
[http://wings.buffalo.edu/soc-sci/linguistics/research/rrg/vanvalin-papers/wedekind.PDI]
2002, with Aklilu Yilma
Sociolinguistic report on the survey of
little-known languages of Ethiopia.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, with Aklilu Yilma,
Oromo sentence repetition test and its
development.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002
Sociolinguistic survey report on the Amuru
area of Ethiopia.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002
Sociolinguistic survey report of the
languages of the Gawwada, Tsamay and Diraasha areas with excursions to
Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore (Irbore) part II.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
2002, (ed.),
Sociolinguistic survey report of the
languages of the Gawwada (Dullay), Diraasha (Gidole), Muusiye (Bussa)
areas.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
1995, with Hailu Berhanu and Sisay Dereje,
Khamir - the people [ximra] and their
language [ximt’ana].
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
1995, with Charlotte Wedekind,
A Survey of Awngi.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 28 May 1995 [see the revised edition,
website]
1995, with Charlotte Wedekind,
A Note on Amuru [Amuru, Boro of Bulen and
Mambuk, Boro of Wombera].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 29 April 1995 [see the revised edition, website]
1995, with Charlotte Wedekind,
A survey of Awngi.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
1995 with Berhanu Hailu and Sisay Dereje.
Khamir [...] - the People [...] and their
Language,
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Reports no. 23 April 1995 [see the revised edition,
website]
1995
Conclusion of the S.L.L.E. Survey.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 33 July 1995. [see the revised edition,
website]
1994 with Yigzew Bekele,
Administrative Maps: Various Notes.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 19 December 1994
1995
Conclusion of the S.L.L.E. survey.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
1995
A note on Amuru.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
1994, with Wolde Gebriel Tanaba and Zewde Cheru,
On the Wordlists of Diraasha (Gidole) and
Muusiye (Bussa).
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 19 December 1994
1994, with Ralph Siebert,
Third Survey on Languages of the Begi/Asosa
Area
[With notes on the Mao of Metahara, and reports on Hozo, Komo, Kwama,
Mao-Begi and Seeze].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 15 March 1994
1994, with Ralph Siebert and Charlotte Wedekind,
Third S. L. L. E. survey on languages of the
Begi/Asosa area.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
1994, with Giorgio Banti,
Updating Linguistic Maps,
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 13 March 1994 [see the revised edition,
website]
1994, with Dinote Kusia and Ralph Siebert,
Second Survey of Languages of the Gawwada,
Tsamay and Diraasha Areas,
With Notes on Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore (Irbore).
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 20, December 1994 [see the revised edition,
website]
1994, with Dinote Kusia and others,
Second survey of language of the Gawwada,
Tsamay and Diraasha areas with excursions to Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore
(Irbore), report part 1.
[http://www.ethnologue.org/show_author.asp?auth=8290]
1994 with Charlotte Wedekind,
Initial Survey of the Zway Area.
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 14 January 1994 [see the revised edition,
website]
1994, with Charlotte Wedekind and Zelealem Leyew,
A First Report on a Survey of the Shinasha
and Agew Dialects and Languages
[Awngi, Boro, Qimant and Xamtanga].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 18 May 1994
1994, with Ashenafi Tesfaye,
Aspects of Omotic Tonogenesis: Shinasha
(Borna).
Journal of Ethiopian Studies, Vol. 27 no.2 (Dec. 1994) pp. 1-20
1994
Survey of Languages of the Gawwada, (Dullay),
Diraasha (Gidole), Muusiye (Bussa) Areas
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 19, November 1994 [see the revised edition,
website]
1994
Musico-linguistics: Tone and tune in the
language and music of Bench [Gimira].
Paper read at the Annual Seminar of the Institute of Language Studies,
Addis Abeba University, 1994, Conf.p.
1994
Alphabetisierung und
Literalitaet in Aethiopien,
pp. 824-814 in: Guenther, Hartmut, and Otto Ludwig, eds. Schrift und
Schriftlichkeit/Writing and Its Use. Ein interdisiplinaeres Handbuch
internationaler Forschung/An Interdisciplinary Handbook of International
Research.
Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter.
1994
Ethiopian Semitic Languages.
in: Asher, R.F. (editor-in-chief), The Encyclopedia of Language and
Lingusitics. Oxford, New York etc.:
Pergamon Press and Aberdeen University Press [lexical entry].
1993
On the Oromo Sentence Repetition Test and its
Development,
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Reports no. 7 April 1993 [see the revised edition,
website]
1993, with Ralph and Kati Siebert.
A Survey of the Languages of the
Asosa/Begi/Komosha Area [Berta (Beni Shangul), Mao of Didessa].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 11 November 1993 [see the revised edition,
website]
1993, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Survey of the Begi/Asosa/Komosha Area Part II
[Berta/Beni-Shangul, Komo, Kwama, Mao of Bambassi].
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report no. 12 November 1993
1993
Third S.L.L.E. Survey on Languages of the
Begi/Asosa Area,
S.L.L.E. Linguistic Report No. 11 [see the revised edition, website]
1993
Texterzeugung am Beispiel kuschitischer
Narrativtexte: Grundlagen und Ergebnisse.
Working Papers in Functional Grammar. No. 53. Amsterdam.
1993
Ethiopian evidence for stronger and weaker
forms of the claim that 'Languages are inherently designed to be written',
Paper read at the X. Afrikanistentag, 23-25 September 1993, Zuerich,
Conf.p.
1992
Which Form Predicts All Others Best?
Variations on the Amharic verb theme.
Journal of Ethiopian Studies Vol. 25 pp. 73-92
1991, with Anne Wedekind,
Which Beat Rules Beat Which? Amharic Stress
(Beat) Rules of Linguists, Poets, and Singers
in: Bahru Zewde, Richard Pankhurst, and Taddese Beyene (eds.), Proceedings
of the 11th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, The
Institute of Ethiopian Studies, April 1991, pp. 749-764
1990
Gimo-Jan or Ben-Yem-Om: Bench'-Yemsa
Phonemes, Tones and Words.
in: Richard Hayward (ed.), Omotic Language Studies, London: SOAS, pp.
185-209
1990, with Ashenafi Tesfaye,
Characteristics of Omotic Tone: Shinasha.
Studies in African Languages (SAL),
Los Angeles, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 347-368
1990
Generating Narratives: Interrelations of
Knowledge, Text Variants, and Cushitic Focus Strategies.
[Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs 52] Berlin, New York: Mouton
de Gruyter, 726 pp.
1989
Why Ethiopian Languages don't have both tone
and accent,
Paper prepared for the Cushitic-Omotic Conference 1989, Rome [manuscript]
1989
Status and Dynamics of Ethiopian Vowel
Systems.
in: Journal of Ethiopian Studies pp. 105-172 Vol.22 (Nov. 1989)
1989
Glottalization constraints and Ethiopian
counter-evidence.
Folia Linguistica Europaea Vol. 24 No. 1-2, pp. 127-138.
1988
Tone Languages of Ethiopia: An update with
typological notes,
Paper read at the Xth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Paris,
Aug. 1988, Conf.p.
1988
Notional Units in H.E. Cushitic Narratives,
and Kleist's 'Gradual Completion of Thoughts while Speaking',
Paper read at the Xth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Paris,
Aug. 1988, Conf.p.
1986, with Kassahun Regga,
Communication Breakdown or Lèse-Majesté? How
Feudoid Subgroups of the Yemma (Janjero) Culture Talk to Each Other,
in: Language in Global Perspective, pp. 557-562. ed. Benjamin Elson.
Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
1986
Consecutio Aspectuum in the Gedeo Verb,
Paper read at the International Symposium on Cushitc and Omotic Languages,
St. Augustin/Bonn, Jan. 6-9, 1986 Conf.p.
1985
Why Benchnon (Ethiopia) has five level tones
today,
pp. 881-901 in: Pieper and Stickel, eds. 1985, Studia Linguistica
Diachronica et Synchronica, Berlin etc.: Mouton de Gruyter
1985, with Charlotte Wedekind, Abebe Gebre-Tsadik, Margaret Sim and Ronald
James Sim,
The Verb Morphophonemics of Five Highland
East Cushitic Languages Including Burji.
Monograph, Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere No. 2
1985
Thoughts when Drawing a Map of Tone
Languages,
Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP) 1 Maerz 1985, pp. 105-124
1985
Gedeo (Derasa) Verb Morphology and Morphophonemics,
in: The Verb Morphophonemics of Five Highland East Cushitic Languages
including Burji, Monograph, Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere No. 2. Cologne:
Cologne University, pp. 82-109
1985
Foreword and Survey, The Verb Morphophonemics
of Five Highland East Cushitic Languages including Burji,
pp. 8-9 in: Monograph, Afrikanistsche Arbeitspapiere No. 2. Cologne:
Cologne University
1984
The Use of Cassettes by Bruce Adams and John
Corey.
Notes on Translation 81, pp. 36-38 [published as 'author unknown']
1983, with Karen Buseman and Gary Unruh,
A computer-tested minimal parsing-machine of
Gedeo [Derasa]: Morphological rules and morpheme inventory for the
automatic analysis of Gedeo texts,
machine programme and manuscript
1983
Modulation of pitch scales for the speech
partner's sake?
Observations from tone languages of Nigeria and Ethiopia,
Paper prepared for the Tenth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
(IPA),
Utrecht 1.-6. Aug. 1983 [Abstract in: Proceedings, vol.2, p. 594]
1983
A six-tone language in Ethiopia: Tonal
analysis of Bench-Non (Gimira),
in: Journal of Ethiopian Studies vol. 16, pp. 129-156
1983
A graduate course in 'Field linguistics',
with focus on non-Semitic languages of Ethiopia, including notes on
collecting oral literature: Handouts and lecture notes,
manuscript, c. 150 pp.
1983
A bibliography of Ethiopian linguistics and
related fields, c. 2000 categorized entries,
manuscript, c. 100 pp.
1982, with Ronald James Sim,
Review of Guenter Schlee, 1978, Sprachliche
Studien zum Rendille, (Hamburger Philologische Studien 46) Hamburg: Helmut
Buske,
in: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 4, pp. 101-103
1982
Translation update May 1982: list of
languages and translations,
with notes on bilingualism and
dialect intelligibility,
manuscr. 5 pp.
1982
A survey of Ethiopian phonetic inventories,
with notes on suprasegmentals,
manuscr. 40 charts
1982
A preliminary word list of Yemsa [Janjero],
c. 750 entries,
manuscr. 14 pp.
1982
A graduate course in phonetics, with
reference to phonetic properties of selected Ethiopian languages:
Handouts and lecture notes, manuscript, c. 120 pp.
1981
Suggestions for a Bench Non [Gimira]
orthography, with chart,
manuscr. 3 pp.
1981
Some preliminary notes on the Gimira [Bench
Non] pronoun and verb system,
manuscr. 9 pp.
1981
Language policy before and after a
revolution: The case of Ethiopia 1974-1980,
paper read at the Sixth International Conference of Applied Linguistics
(AILA), Lund, August 9-14, 1981, Abstract in AILA Proceedings 1981, vol. 1
pp. 589-590
1981
Bibliographical notes on folklore methodology
and biographical notes on folklore re-creation,
paper presented at the Folklore Seminar May 1981 held by the Institute of
Language Studies, Addis Abeba University, mimeogr. and manuscr. 21 pp.
1980, with Bryan Fargher,
Haada: A Gedeo [Derasa] transition primer,
mimeogr. 66 pp.
1980
Which translation in which language would
each citizen of this country understand best?
Paper read at the Translation Seminar May 1980, held by The Ministry of
Culture, The Ethiopian Language Academy and The Institute of Language
Studies of the Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, mimeogr. 21 pp.
Conference paper
1980
Sidamo, Gedeo (Derasa), Burji: Phonological
Differences and Likenesses,
in: Journal of Ethiopian Studies 14, 1976-1979, pp. 131-176
1980
Gimira [Bench Non] tone patterns: Nouns,
Verbs,
manuscr. 9 pp.
1980
Discourse properties of Gedeo [Derasa] texts,
manuscr. 5 pp.
1980
A printout of the Gedeo [Derasa] dictionary
in the alphabetical order of the English glosses,
c. 75 pp.
1980
A printout of the Gedeo [Derasa] dictionary
in fidel sequence as required by the A.A.U.P Editorial Board 1980,
c. 75 pp.
1980
A printout of all grammatical suffixes
[Gedeo/Derasa, alphabetical order, with English gloss],
8 pp.
1979
Trilingual dictionary of the Gedeo [Derasa]
language, ordered according to Gedeo fidel, English alphabet, and semantic
categories, with Amharic glosses,
mimeogr. c. 500 pp.
1978, with Wakayehu Biftu,
How to write Gedeo [Derasa],
mimeogr. A5 size, 9 pp. [Ethiopic script]
1978, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Sketch of a Burji grammar: Transition network
model,
manuscr. 29 pp.
1978, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Burji glossary,
manuscr. 69 pp.
1978
The Gedeo (Derasa) kinship terminology,
manuscr. 32 pp.
1978
Phonetic drills, Gedeo [Derasa],
manuscr. 12 pp. , with tape
1978
Mitte barra - Gedeo [Derasa] texts prepared
for discourse study,
manuscr. 19 pp.
1978
Additions and corrections to the Gedeo
[Derasa] wordbook,
manuscr. 19 pp.
1977
Reading problems in a Sidamo language: Gedeo
[Derasa],
manuscr. 8 pp.
1977
List of morphemes from the Gedeo [Derasa]
concordance, with frequencies,
manuscr. c. 15 pp.
1977
Gedeo [Derasa] work songs and their
musicological, linguistic, and sociological context,
Paper prepared for the Conference on Political Institutions of the Peoples
of Ethiopia,
The Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Abeba University, June 1977,
manuscr. 39 pp. Conf.p.
1977
Gedeo [Derasa] folklore: A song collection,
manuscr. 16 pp.
1977
A thesaurus of the Gedeo [Derasa] language,
manuscr. 23 pp.
1977
Tobboc'ote hinaaki: Eight Gedeo [Derasa]
texts in phonological transcription and three different orthographies
[Ethiopic script],
mimeogr. 24 pp.
1976
The Verb [Gedeo/Derasa]: Paradigms,
manuscr. 8 pp.
1976
The 'Sidamo languages': A bibliography,
manuscr. 3 pp.
1976
The Gedeo [Derasa] kinship terminology, with
lists and charts,
manuscr. 19 pp.
1976
Printout of a Burji text collection,
Addis Abeba, Central Statistical Office, 39 pp.
1976
Phoneme frequencies in five 'Sidamo
languages'
manuscr. 12 pp.
1976
Derasa/gede'uffa/language learning drills,
manuscr. 30 pp.
1976
Derasa [Gedeo] verbs and derivatives,
mimeogr. 17 pp.
1976
Derasa (Gedeo): Some notes on the verb
morphology,
manuscr. 20 pp.
1976
Contents of the Derasa [Gedeo] morpheme
concordance: Statistics and summaries,
manuscr. 7 pp.
1976
Cognates: Sidamo, Gedeo [Derasa], Burji,
manuscr. 12 pp.
Nigeria
2008
Questions about the Semantics and the
Phonology of Transitivity in Busa (Nigeria)
Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Mande Languages and
Linguistics,
Sankt Petersburg, 15-17 September, 2008
[ 2008_Transitivity_in_Busa.PDF
]
1987
Barking up the Wrong Moon: Relevance in
Conversations in Busa (Nigeria),
in: Multilingua 6, 3, pp. 151-195
1985
Thoughts when Drawing a Map of Tone
Languages,
Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP) 1 Maerz 1985, pp. 105-124
1983
Modulation of pitch scales for the speech
partner's sake?
Observations from tone languages of Nigeria and Ethiopia,
Paper prepared for the Tenth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
(IPA), Utrecht 1.-6. Aug. 1983 [Abstract in: Proceedings, vol.2, p. 594]
1972
An outline of the Grammar of Busa (Nigeria),
Ph.D. dissertation, Kiel Univ. 300 pp.
1971, with Charlotte Wedekind,
Karatun da Rubutun Busanci [Reading and
Writing in the Busa Language]
Zaria, mimeogr. 32 pp.
1971, with Charlotte Wedekind and Musa B. Ahmed,
Bara sira busu nobo senteno [Animals of
Africa, Busa] preliminary edition,
Zaria, mimeogr. 32 pp.
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