--- title: "Abebayehu Messele Mekonnen — author profile and papers" description: "Abebayehu Messele Mekonnen, Addis Ababa University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2023), h-index 4 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abebayehu-messele-mekonnen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abebayehu-messele-mekonnen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Abebayehu Messele Mekonnen # Abebayehu Messele Mekonnen Abebayehu Messele Mekonnen has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2023, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Fikre Diress Alamirew](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fikre-diress-alamirew/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5015809354) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2159-4632) · [**h-index 4**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5015809354) · [19 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5015809354) · [29 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5015809354&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abebayehu-messele-mekonnen/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #5203](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/53/#star-5203) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Abebayehu+Messele++Mekonnen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Abebayehu+Messele++Mekonnen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Abebayehu+Messele++Mekonnen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Abebayehu+Messele++Mekonnen) ## Affiliations [🎓**Addis Ababa University** Addis Ababa · Ethiopia 2017–2025 · 11 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/addis-ababa-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Topics [Semitic languages (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mekonnen-2023-stylistic-motivation-amharic-media-language/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alamirew-2021-developmental-realization-ejectives-typically-developing/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Stylistic Motivation in Amharic Media Language Use](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mekonnen-2023-stylistic-motivation-amharic-media-language/)** *(2023)* The paper asks why Amharic broadcast and media language so often uses English words where Amharic alternatives exist or could be coined. 2. **[The developmental realization of ejectives by typically developing Amharic speaking children](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alamirew-2021-developmental-realization-ejectives-typically-developing/)** *(2021)* This study examines how Amharic-speaking children aged 3;0 to 5;0 produce ejective consonants, a sound class common in Ethiopian languages whose acquisition has received little research attention. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Fikre Diress Alamirew](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fikre-diress-alamirew/)