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Ronald Meyer-Arlt

    6 september 1963
    Time in languages of the Horn of Africa
    The Adam Enigma
    Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective
    White nights
    Explorations in Ethiopian linguistics
    Bigfoot Singularity
    • Bigfoot Singularity

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      Over three thousand Bigfoot, creatures of unknown origin, discover their purpose in the Bigfoot Singularity.

      Bigfoot Singularity
    • Explorations in Ethiopian linguistics

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      This volume features twelve contributions addressing linguistic challenges at the intersection of morphosyntax and semantics/pragmatics in Ethiopia's Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic languages. The first section includes two articles focusing on interrogativity in Amharic and Baskeet, examining the morphosyntax and usage of yes/no and content questions, along with the morphology of interrogative pronouns. The second section presents four chapters on complex predicates in Amharic, Koorete, Zargulla, and Xamtanga, highlighting the semantic and pragmatic distinctions between complex predicates and their monoverbal counterparts, as well as the morphosyntactic properties of the component verbs and the differences from multi-clausal constructions. The third section comprises six contributions that explore finiteness in Libido and various Ethiosemitic languages, including Amharic, G??? z, Gurage languages, and Tigrinya. These studies reveal significant linguistic variability in finiteness marking and argue for a relational, scalar understanding of finiteness rather than a strict binary classification. Most articles are derived from presentations at the 18th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies held in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, from 29 October to 2 November 2012, reflecting current research trends in Ethiopian language studies.

      Explorations in Ethiopian linguistics
    • White nights

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      'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?' A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

      White nights
    • Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective

      Results of a sociolinguistic survey conducted among high school students

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      Focusing on the multilingual landscape of Ethiopia, this publication presents findings from empirical studies conducted in 1997 and 1998 across nine states. A research team surveyed approximately 3,500 high school students to gather data on language behavior, revealing the distribution of mother tongues and second languages for the first time. The study highlights the evolution of multilingualism across three generations and identifies key factors that facilitate its growth, using an adapted model of social network theory for analysis.

      Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective
    • The Adam Enigma

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      The protagonist in this saga of intrigue and supernatural mystery, Jonathan Ramsey, is a human geographer and specialist in the study of sacred places. He is called upon to investigate the sudden disappearance of the healing powers of a famous shrine in New Mexico. What he discovers along the way is the very meaning of Jesus`s call "to be like him." When Ramsey arrives at the shrine, he learns of Adam Gwillt, the shrine's humble caretaker who has disappeared. Meanwhile, three rival groups descend on the shrine to find Adam. A right-wing Christian organization wants to destroy him, a progressive group of modern-day Christian Gnostics plans to convince Adam to lead them as a new savior, and a third group hopes to commercialize Adam's healing powers. Eventually the parties collide in a desperate attempt to capture Adam in a remote wilderness area of New Mexico. As the contest resolves itself, Ramsey suddenly realizes he's been a pawn in a larger drama, and he begins afresh the search for Adam and the true meaning of Jesus's teachings. What he finds is a startling revelation of his own deepest purpose, which he must bring to the world.

      The Adam Enigma
    • The contributions in this volume emerge from presentations held within the panel “Time in the Languages of the Horn of Africa” at the 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (Warsaw, 2015): “Ethiopia – Diversity and Interconnections through Space and Time”. The purpose of this panel was to develop a better understanding of time concepts in languages spoken at the Horn of Africa, and to gain new insights into typological and areallinguistic issues related to the expression of time in these languages. Two research topics dominated the presentations: in-depth studies on tense/aspect systems of individual languages, and typological contrastive comparisons of specific tense/aspect features in closely related languages. The first section deals with tense/aspect phenomena in individual mostly Ethio-Semitic languages. Topics are Gǝʿǝz static verbs, Gumer perfective/imperfect aspect, particular parts of the Amharic tense/aspect system (two contributions), and tense/aspect in the Cushitic language Oromo (a non-Ethio-Semitic language). The second section contains three comparative studies of tense/aspect phenomena in various Ethio-Semitic languages.

      Time in languages of the Horn of Africa
    • Wolane

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      Das Wolane ist eine Äthiosemitische Sprache im östlichen Zweig der Transversal-Süd-Äthiosemitischen Sprachfamilie. Das Wolane-Territorium liegt etwa 160 km südlich von Addis Abeba in über 2.300 m Höhe, wo die Wolane Ackerbau und Viehzucht betreiben. Viele Wolane leben jedoch in Addis Abeba und arbeiten als Händler. Die Sprecherzahl wird auf etwa 70.000 geschätzt, wobei fast alle unter 30 Jahren multilingual sind und hauptsächlich Amharisch als Zweitsprache verwenden, aber auch Oromo und andere benachbarte Sprachen. Die Varietäten der Wolane können von der hier untersuchten abweichen. Die Ost-Gurage-Sprachen weisen charakteristische Merkmale auf, wie die Reduzierung der Gemination im Verb, nasale Reste früherer Laryngale und den Verlust der Genderdistinktion im Plural. Diese Merkmale finden sich auch im Wolane und werden in den entsprechenden Kapiteln behandelt. Nach ausführlichen Analysen der Phonologie, Morphologie und Syntax dieser bisher nicht verschriftlichten Sprache werden Sprachbeispiele in Form von Begrüßungen, Verabschiedungen, einer Fabel und einer Bauanweisung für ein Wolane-Haus präsentiert. Eine weitere Grammatik des Autors ist ebenfalls in derselben Schriftenreihe veröffentlicht.

      Wolane
    • Od základů po střechu. Postavit ideální dům svépomocí nemusí být nedostižný sen. I z naprostého laika se může stát úspěšný stavitel. Důležité je, aby měl potřebné informace, a to nejen o nejvýhodnějších stavebních materiálech a pracovních postupech, ale i o třeba tom, kde sehnat kvalitní servisně poradenské služby. Jak postavit železobetonovou zeď? Je lepší strop z dutých panelů nebo filigránový? Jak odborně zabudovat překlady nad okny a dveřmi? Odpovědi a spolu s nimi praktické rady a tipy najdete v této celobarevné publikaci.

      Dům svépomocí : hrubá stavba: Od základů po střechu
    • Markenpolitik 2

      Praxis

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      Der Autor, mit 35 Jahren Erfahrung im Marketing der deutschen Getränkewirtschaft, beleuchtet in Markenpolitik 2 die operativen Aspekte des Markenartikelgeschäfts. Nach einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit den Prinzipien der Markenpolitik in seinem ersten Buch, geht er nun gezielt auf praktische Herausforderungen und Strategien ein, um Marken erfolgreich zu positionieren und zu führen. Dabei werden gängige Irrtümer und unrealistische Erwartungen angesprochen, um den Lesern wertvolle Einblicke in die Markenführung zu bieten.

      Markenpolitik 2
    • Markenpolitik 1

      Prinzipien

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      Mit langjähriger Erfahrung als Marketing-Manager in der deutschen Getränkewirtschaft beleuchtet der Autor die Notwendigkeit substanzhaltiger Positionierungen und Copy Strategies für den Erfolg im Markenartikelgeschäft. Er widerlegt die Illusion, dass nachhaltige Erfolge ohne klare Strategien erreichbar sind, und bietet wertvolle Einblicke in die Herausforderungen und Chancen der Branche.

      Markenpolitik 1