6. Final Vowels and Grammatical Marking in Oromo

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents 1
4. General
5. 1. On the Nominal Morphology of "Alienability" in Some African Languages 3
6. 2. Asymmetrical Syntax and Symmetrical Morphology in African Languages 21
7. Afroasiatic
8. 3. Long Vowels and Diphthongs in Miya and Hausa 35
9. 4. Phrases and Phrase Tones in Hausa 45
10. 5. On the Nature of Topicalization in Hausa 63
11. 6. Final Vowels and Grammatical Marking in Oromo 73
12. 7. The Copula in Oromo 85
13. 8. The Case of U in Tigre: Towards an Extended Theory of Phonological Government 95
14. Niger-Kordofanian
15. 9. Wh-Movement and Proper Government in Yoruba 109
16. 10. Typological Mixture in the Lexicalization of Manner and Cause in Emai 127
17. 11. The Extra-High Tone of Kisi: Just Another Tone or a New System of Prominence? 141
18. 12. Tone and Accent in the Xhosa Verbal System 157
19. 13. Double Object Constructions in KiRimi 179
20. 14. Kiswahili Agreement for Kinship Terms 191
21. 15. Levels of Semantic Structuring in Bantu Noun Classification 207
22. Nilo-Saharan
23. 16. Arusa (Maa) Phrasal Tonology 221
24. Creoles
25. 17. An Account of the Serial Verbs in Haitian Creole: Argument Structure Coalescence 237
26. 18. Topics in Liberian English Modality 253