Eba Teresa

1 Personal Information

• Full Name         Eba Teresa Garoma
• Title                     Dr
• Nationality       Ethiopian
• Academic Rank  Associate Professor
• Department English Language and Literature
• College/Institute Social Sciences and Humanities
• Field of Specialization Descriptive and Theoretical Linguistics

2 Research Interest

• Afroasiatic Linguistics (Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, etc. of Ethiopian Languages)

3 Publications 

2022

• (in press) Eba Teresa and Baye Yimam. Classification and Structure of Basic-level Statives in Afaan Oromoo. Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies.
• (in press) Eba Teresa and Baye Yimam. Pluractionality of Lexical Aspects in Afaan Oromoo. Ethiopian Journal of Languages and Literature
• (in press) Eba Teresa. Spatial Expressions in Afaan Oromoo. In: Anbessa Teferra, Azeb Amha and Binyam Sisay (eds.), Spatial Expressions in Ethiopian Languages.

2020

Eba Teresa and Baye Yimam. Typology and Structure of Basic-level Activities in Afaan Oromoo. Ethiopian Journal of Education and Sciences 15 (2). 65-89.

• Eba Teresa and Baye Yimam. Imperfective Viewpoint in Afaan Oromoo: Morphosyntactic and Semantic Aspects. Gadaa Journal 3 (1). 1-22. [pdf]

2019

• Abebe Lemessa and Eba Teresa. Comparative Analysis of Amharic and Afaan Oromoo Proverbs: A Meta-communication Perspective. Macrolinguistics 7 (2). 72-91. [pdf]

2017

• Ashenafi Belay and Eba Teresa. The Poetics of Oromo Blessing Expressions: A Stylistic Analysis of a Verbal Art Genre. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research 32(1). 92-120. [pdf]

2016

• Eba Teresa and Chimdi Wakuma. The semantics of ɲa:t– ‘eat’ in Afan Oromo. Zena Lissan – Journal of Ethiopian Languages and Cultures 25(2). 1-39.
• Eba Teresa. Studies on comparative phonology of Highland East Cushitic Languages. Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies 3(1). 95-102.

2015

• Ashenafi Belay and Eba Teresa. Poetics of Power and Construction of Gender Identity in Selected Published Ethiopian Children’s Stories. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research 24(1). 273-284. [pdf]
• Eba Teresa and Amanuel Raga. Sketch Phonology of Me’enit. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research 24(2). 267-282. [pdf]
• Eba Teresa and Ashenafi Belay. Description of Sense Relations in Macha Dialect of the Oromo Language. International Journal of Current Research 7(11). 22841-22848. [pdf]

2013

• Eba Teresa. Verb Inflection in Xїmt’äŋa (Awwi). Journal of Languages and Culture 4(6). 99-108. https://academicjournals.org/journal/JLC/article-abstract/6294D272075

2012

• Eba Teresa. Phonology of Yem: Phonological Processes. Journal of Languages and Culture 3(6): 117-125. https://academicjournals.org/journal/JLC/article-abstract/36933E62178

2011

• Eba Teresa. Linguistic Contents in Grades 5-8 English Textbooks: Analysis of Grammar Contents in the English Curriculum of Oromo Regional State. Saarbrücken: VDM. [Book] https://www.amazon.com/Linguistic-Contents-Grades-English-Textbooks/dp/3639323211

Conference Papers (after 2016)

2020

• Pluractionality of Situation Aspects in Afaan Oromoo. Paper presented at the 28^th Annual Conference of College of Humanities, Language Studies, Journalism and Communication, Addis Ababa University.

2017

• The semantics of ɲa:t- ‘Eat’ in Afan Oromo. Paper presented at the 8^th Annual Research Conference, Jimma University.

2016

Causative constructions in Afaan Oromoo. Paper presented at the 4^th International Research Conference on Oromoo Studies, Wollaga University, Ethiopia.

4 Contact Address

• Email ebateresa@gmail.com or teresa@ju.edu.et
• Cell Phone +251 911742370
• O. Box 378