Two Problems in Amharic Phonetics: The Sixth Order Vowel and the Verb Suffixes

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Title:	Two Problems in Amharic Phonetics: The Sixth Order Vowel and the Verb Suffixes
Author:	Bender, Mavin L.
Year:	1969
Periodical:	Journal of Ethiopian Studies
Volume:	7
Issue:	2
Period:	July
Pages:	33-41
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ethiopia
Subjects:	Amharic language Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/41965787
Abstract:	Summary of the results of some soundspectrography studies carried out at the Summer Institute of Linguistics (Linguistic Society of America) at UCLA, summer 1966. The inconclusive nature of the results, especially on vowel qualities, indicate that phonetic studies in Amharic are in their infancy. 1. Problem of the phonetic nature of the sixth order vowel in Amharic: Background - Procedure - Results - A further note; 2. Problem of the phonetic nature of the Perfective verb suffixes in Amharic: Background - Procedure - Results - A note on gemination - A note on the ejectives. Bibl., chart, tables: Items consisting only of 6th forms for spectographic study; Amharic vowel formants; The simple perfect verb suffixes; Lengths of consonants; Verb forms elicited in 3ms, 1s, 2ms, 2p, 3p.