Vol 5 Vol. 5

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Vol 5 Vol. 5

Edited by: Paul Newman and Robert D. Botne

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Current Approaches to African Linguistics

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1989

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Volume 8 | Publications in African Languages and Linguistics

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Linguistics and Semiotics Levels of Linguistic Analysis Phonetics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	1
General
1. On the Nominal Morphology of "Alienability" in Some African Languages Ulrike Claudi and Bernd Heine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Asymmetrical Syntax and Symmetrical Morphology in African Languages Linda Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Afroasiatic
3. Long Vowels and Diphthongs in Miya and Hausa Russell G. Schuh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4. Phrases and Phrase Tones in Hausa William R. Leben, Sharon Inkelas and Mark Cobler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
5. On the Nature of Topicalization in Hausa Ismail Junaidu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
6. Final Vowels and Grammatical Marking in Oromo Maria-Rosa Lloret Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
7. The Copula in Oromo Ishetu Kebede Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
8. The Case of U in Tigre: Towards an Extended Theory of Phonological Government S. Filipovich and M. Tremblay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Niger-Kordofanian
9. Wh-Movement and Proper Government in Yoruba Remi Sonaiya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
10. Typological Mixture in the Lexicalization of Manner and Cause in Emai Ronald P. Schaefer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
11. The Extra-High Tone of Kisi: Just Another Tone or a New System of Prominence? G. Tucker Childs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
12. Tone and Accent in the Xhosa Verbal System John Goldsmith, Karen Peterson and Joseph Drogo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
13. Double Object Constructions in KiRimi José I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
14. Kiswahili Agreement for Kinship Terms Rick Treece Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
15. Levels of Semantic Structuring in Bantu Noun Classification Debra Spitulnik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Nilo-Saharan
16. Arusa (Maa) Phrasal Tonology Barbara Levergood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Creoles
17. An Account of the Serial Verbs in Haitian Creole: Argument Structure Coalescence Rose-Marie Déchaine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
18. Topics in Liberian English Modality John Victor Singler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

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eBook published on:

March 22, 2021

eBook ISBN:

9783112420089

Hardcover published on:

December 31, 1989

Hardcover ISBN:

9783112420072

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Reprint 2020

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272

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112420089

eBook ISBN: 9783112420089

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