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Conceptions of time with the source domain of space in Amharic
Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication. 2019. Vol. 4. No. 1. P. 55–75.
Asaye G. A.
This paper aims at analyzing conceptual metaphors of time as realized in Amharic spatial expressions. The paper is written within the framework of conceptual metaphor theory developed by Lakoff & Johnson (1980). In this theory, language is viewed as providing data that can show human beings conceive concepts (Lakoff & Johnson 2003). The study examines the fact that time concepts in Amharic are described through spatialization metaphors. The orientational, time-moving, and ego-moving types of metaphors for time are attested in the language. Orientational metaphors suggest that Amharic speakers can understand time via spatial frames of reference. Besides, the conceptual metaphors TIME IS A MOVING ENTITY,TIMES ARE LOCATIONS IN A LANDSCAPE WHERE EGO MOVES OVER,and AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IS A BOUNDED SPACE2are found in Amharic.
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Издательский дом ТГУ им. Г.Р. Державина, 2025.
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Chermoshentseva K., В кн.: Современная лингвистика: ключ к диалогу. Труды и материалы IV Казанского международного лингвистического саммита.Т. 1: СОВРЕМЕННАЯ ЛИНГВИСТИКА: КЛЮЧ К ДИАЛОГУ.: Каз.: Издательство Казанского университета, 2024. С. 229–232.
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Chermoshentseva K., В кн.: Межкультурная коммуникация как область научного исследования и академическая дисциплина.: М.: Издательский Дом "Наука", 2024. С. 226–234.
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Asaye G. A., Zena-lissan. Journal of the Ethiopian Languages Research Center 2017 Vol. 26 No. 2 P. 65–89
This article examines spatial frame of reference in Amharic, particularly in the Godʒdʒam variety and identifies the main types of reference frame in the language. To attain the objective, real objects including culturally relevant materials are used as stimulating scenes. The study has identified that Amharic employs absolute, intrinsic and relative coordinate systems, but the ...
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Asaye G. A., Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication 2018 Vol. 3 No. 2 P. 181–192
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Asaye G. A., Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication 2019 Vol. 4 No. 1 P. 97–102
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Asaye G. A., Aethiopica 2020 Vol. 23 P. 168–187
Amharic belongs to the transversal group of the South Ethiopian Semitic branch of the Ethiopian Semitic subfamily, the Semitic family of the Afroasiatic phylum. According to the Population Census Commission, Ethiopian people speak Amharic as a first language. It is the second most populous Semitic language after Arabic. It was the only language of education in Ethiopian primary ...
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Asaye G. A., Aethiopica 2020 Vol. 23 P. 315–316
This dissertation describes the semantic and pragmatic contents of spatial expressions in Amharic, with particular focus on the variety spoken in Godʒdʒam. ...
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Asaye G. A., Journal of Ethiopian Studies 2021 Vol. 54 No. 2 P. 25–52
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