http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/JAELC <p>The Zena-Lissan Journal was started in 1996 by the then Ethiopian Languages Research Centre (ELRC), now the Academy of Ethiopian Languages and Cultures (hereafter AELC), focused especially on the cultures (folklores) and languages of different societies within Ethiopia. Since then, the journal has continued to be published biannually in Amharic and English languages aimed to encourage research and promote dialogue among scholars of interdisciplinary fields.</p> en-US ZENA-LISSAN (Journal of Academy of Ethiopian Languages and Cultures) http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/JAELC/article/view/1763 Getachew Dawi Copyright (c) 2021 2024-03-04 2024-03-04 29 1 1 25 http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/JAELC/article/view/1764 Gezehagn Tsegaw Copyright (c) 2021 2024-03-04 2024-03-04 29 1 26 54 http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/JAELC/article/view/1766 Tsehay Ademe Copyright (c) 2021 2024-03-04 2024-03-04 29 1 77 102 http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/JAELC/article/view/1769 <p>This paper discusses the gender and number systems and their interaction. The findings of the study show that Mosittacha is a language with two nominal genders masculine and feminine. Nouns also mark two number categories, singular and plural. Regarding the interaction between gender and number, there are nouns which in the singular fall into two gender categories, masculine (m.) and feminine (f.). Such nouns have plural forms in which gender is not distinguished. There are also masculine and feminine nouns which have no plural counterparts. Still, there are a small number of nouns which lack the usual plural suffixes, which take plural verb agreement when they function as a clause subject and which refer to a single entity. This small group of exceptional nouns should be idiosyncratically marked as plural in the lexicon.</p> Wondwosen Tesfaye Copyright (c) 2021 2024-03-04 2024-03-04 29 1 103 130 http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/JAELC/article/view/1768 <p>This study</p> Zinawork Assefa Copyright (c) 2021 2024-03-04 2024-03-04 29 1 131 162 http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/JAELC/article/view/9690 <p><span class="fontstyle0"><br>የዚህ ጥናት ዋና ቁም ነገር በአንድምታ መጻሕፍት ውስጥ የሚገኙ የግዕዝ አገባባዊ ስሕተቶችን<br>(ከዘመኑ የቋንቋ አጠቃቀም አንፃር) እንዴት ማቅናት እንደተቻለ ማሳየት ሲሆን ጥናቱም<br>ዐይነታዊ ምርምርን የሚከተል ሆኖ የገለፃ ስልትን የሚጠቀም ነው፡፡ በመረጃ ባለቤትነትም<br>የኢትዮጵያውያን የአንድምታ መጻሕፍትን እንዲሁም የሊቃውንትን ሐሳብ በመጠይቅ ስልት<br>በመረጃ ቋትነት አካትቷል፡፡ አማርኛውም ‘‘ግድፈት’’ ለተሰኘው ሥርዓተ ልሳን ከግዕዙ አገባብ<br>ጎን ለጎን ትንታኔ በመስጠት አስተዋጽኦ እንዳበረከተ ጥናቱ አመላክቷል፡፡ በጥናቱ ውስጥም<br>እነዚህ አንድምታዎች በቋንቋ ዕይታ ሲቃኙ ያላቸውን የሥነ ጽሑፍ እድገትና ሚና በጥልቀት<br>ለማሳየት ተሞክሯል፡፡ በተጨማሪም እነዚህ የአንድምታ ጽሑፎች እስከ ማብራሪያቸው ድረስ<br>ሀገር በቀል መሆናቸውንና በየትኛው ዘመን ጎልተው ለጽሑፍ ሀብትነት እንደቀረቡ ጥናቱ<br>ጠቁሟል፡፡ በመጨረሻም ለማስረጃ የተመረጡ ማሳያዎችን ከመጻሕፍቱ በመልቀምና በመተንተን<br>የሚያስረዳ ሲሆን ይህ ፈርጀ ብዙ የሆነውና ያልተጠናው የአንድምታ ሀብትም የበለጠ ምርምርና<br>ጥበቃ እንደሚያስፈልገው በመጠቆም ሐሳቡን ይደመድማል፡፡</span> </p> Senkoris Ayalew Copyright (c) 2024 2024-03-04 2024-03-04 29 1 62 83