Verb Complements In Dawro - A Descriptive Approach

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The general objective of this study is to examine Dawro verb complements. To achieve thernintended objective, various literatures have been referred. Data have been collected fromrninformants and existing literatures. Consequently, all the of the data were collected from therninformants during field trip. The method used for data collection was elicitation. Then the datarnhave been phonetically transcribed and finally described.rnThe finding of the study shows that in Dawro verbs can be classified into two: those, which takernphrasal complements and those, which selects clausal complements. The verbs that select phrasalrncomplements are classified into three groups according to the number and type of complementrnthey select. They are classified as type one, type two and type three verbs.rnRegarding clausal complements, issues related to complementizers, higher predicates, syntacticrnvariation and tense distinction in complement clauses are discussed. Five comlementizers arernidentified based on the syntactic function and semantics of complement clauses. Furthermore,rnhigher predicates which take finite, non-finite, both finite and non-finite clausal complementsrnwere also discussed. In addition, passive higher predicates and copulas that take clausalrncomplement were investigated. In discussing syntactic variations, the order of constituents of therncomplement clause within the clause itself and in relation to the constituent order in the matrixrnclause was explored. The positions of complement clauses in relation to the matrix clause werernalso assessed. In addition, subject marked and unmarked complement clauses were identified.

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