Full Name: Yaregal Allene Teferra (PhD)
Academic Rank: Associate Professor in Linguistics
Educational Background
BA: Foreign Languages and Literature (Addis Ababa University)
MA: Linguistics (Addis Ababa University)
PhD: Linguistics (Addis Ababa University)
A teaching Diploma in English Language (minor Amharic) (from the former Addis Ababa Teachers’ College, now Kotebe Metropolitan University
Work Experience
Teaching at university as a/an:
-lecturer (June 2007 ─ June 2017)
-assistant professor (July 2017- 2020?)
-associate professor (2020)
– April 2007_June2007: Publication team leader in Investment Agency of Ethiopia.
-August 2006_February 2007: Senior PR Officer in Ministry of Women Affairs
-July2005_ August 2006: PR Officer in Electric Agency of Ethiopia
– January 2004_ October 2004: Curriculum Development and Research Officer in Awi Administrative Zone Education Department
– May 2002_December 2004: Head of Education Office forBanja ShikudadWoreda(Awi Zone)
– Sep. 1996_April 2002: Social Affairs Team Leader in Labour and Social Affairs Dept. (Awi Zone)
– Sep. 1994 _ August 1995: Culture and Tourism Team Leader in Culture, Tourism and Information Department (Awi Zone)
– Sep.1982_August 1993: English Language Teacher in various Secondary schools of Ethiopia
Publications
2024. Awngi. In: Rony Meyer… The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages. Oxford University Press
2022. Awngi Idiophones. Zena-Lissan. Journal of Academy of Ethiopian Languages and Cultures. Addis Ababa University.
2021. Revisiting the High Central Vowel in Awngi. Zena-Lissan. Journal of Academy of Ethiopian Languages and Cultures. Addis Ababa University.
2019. Relativization in Awngi. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Debre Markos University.
2014. Amazing Fables of Aesop (in Amharic and English). Far East Printing Press. Addis Ababa
2013. Fables of Aesop (in Awngi, Amharic, and English). Far East Printing Press. Addis Ababa
2012. አውጚው ሳዋሳው. A Reference Book for Teaching Awngi Language at College Level.
2010. Awngi Grammar. In the Proceedings of the First National Research, Debre Markos University.
Forthcoming
1) Local Dialects of Awngi Language
2) Syllable Structure of Awngi
Note: Publications listed 1-3 above can be found via a Google search.
Research Interest: Language Description and Documentation
Contact Address: 0912665859
Email: yaregal.alene@gmail.com
My MA Thesis focuses on case in Awngi, while my PhD dissertation, titled “A Grammar of Kulazngi” is accessible on Google.