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edited by Michael R. Marlo, Nikki B. Adams, Christopher R. Green, Michelle Morrison, and Tristan M. Purvis
conference dates: June 10-12, 2011
conference location: University of Maryland
ISBN 978-1-57473-453-9 library binding
xi+337 pages
publication date: 2012
published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA
Contents
Foreword
Michael R. Marlo, Nikki B. Adams, Christopher R. Green, Michelle Morrison, and Tristan M. Purvis
v-vi (abstract or complete pdf)
Alexandre Kimenyi
David Covin
vii-viii (abstract or complete pdf)
In Memoriam for Professor Alexandre Kimenyi
Eyamba G. Bokamba and Juvénal Ndayiragije
ix-xi (abstract or complete pdf)
Phonetics and Phonology
Metatony in Abo (Bankon), A42
Larry M. Hyman and Florian Lionnet
1-14 (abstract or complete pdf)
Metatony in Basaa
Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso
15-22 (abstract or complete pdf)
Downstep and Contour Formation in Medumba: A Prosodic Account
Nick Danis, Jonathan Barnes, and Catherine O'Connor
23-31 (abstract or complete pdf)
Tonal Merger in Medumba (Bamileke) Nouns
Kathryn Franich, Catherine O'Connor, and Jonathan Barnes
32-46 (abstract or complete pdf)
Stem-Initial Prominence in Mungbam
Jesse Lovegren
47-54 (abstract or complete pdf)
Consonant-Tone Interaction in Saxwe
Virginia Beavon-Ham
55-69 (abstract or complete pdf)
[ATR] Harmony in an Eleven Vowel Language: The Case of Anii
Deborah Morton
70-78 (abstract or complete pdf)
Polar Tone of Laarim, a Surmic Language of Sudan
Timothy M. Stirtz
79-89 (abstract or complete pdf)
Polar Question Intonation in Kɔnni
Michael Cahill
90-98 (abstract or complete pdf)
Two Cases of Adaptation Mismatches in Yoruba Loan Phonology
Olanike Ola Orie
99-111 (abstract or complete pdf)
Phonology and Syntax
The Augment in Kirundi: When Syntax Meets Phonology
Juvénal Ndayiragije, Emmanuel Nikiema, and Parth Bhatt
112-121 (abstract or complete pdf)
On the (Non-)congruence of Focus and Prominence in Tumbuka
Laura J. Downing
122-133 (abstract or complete pdf)
Syntax
Instrument Inversion in Zulu
Jochen Zeller
134-148 (abstract or complete pdf)
Triadic Constructions in Rutooro
Bebwa Isingoma
149-160 (abstract or complete pdf)
The Alienable-Inalienable Asymmetry: Evidence from Tigrinya
Keffyalew Gebregziabher
161-182 (abstract or complete pdf)
Light Verb Constructions in Xamtanga and in the Ethiopian Linguistic Area
Chloé Darmon
183-194 (abstract or complete pdf)
A Comparative Study of Topological Relation Markers in Two Gur Languages: Gurenɛ and Chakali
Jonathan Allen Brindle and Samuel Awinkene Atintono
195-207 (abstract or complete pdf)
Completion and Dissociation in Totela Tense and Aspect
Thera Marie Crane
208-220 (abstract or complete pdf)
Modality and Future Reference in Masalit
Timothy Leffel
221-230 (abstract or complete pdf)
Modality in Ewe: A Functional Exploration of Epistemic Adverbs
Gbegble Nada
231-239 (abstract or complete pdf)
The Missing Component in Ibibio Linguistic Time
Willie U. Willie and Mfon E. Udoinyang
240-256 (abstract or complete pdf)
Emai Separation Verbs and Telicity
Ronald P. Schaefer and Francis O. Egbokhare
257-265 (abstract or complete pdf)
Sociolinguistics
Comparing Address Forms and Systems: Some Examples from Bantu
Gabriele Sommer and Abel Lupapula
266-277 (abstract or complete pdf)
Mafumbo: Considering the Functions of Metaphorical Speech in Swahili Contexts
Clarissa Vierke
278-290 (abstract or complete pdf)
A Polylectal Grammar of Lingála and Its Theoretical Implications
Eyamba G. Bokamba
291-307 (abstract or complete pdf)
The Use of Lingála in the Teaching of Chemistry in DR Congo: A Socio-terminological Approach
Bienvenu Sene Mongaba
308-320 (abstract or complete pdf)
Computational Linguistics
HaG — A Computational Grammar of Hausa
Berthold Crysmann
321-337 (abstract or complete pdf)