Current Approaches to African Linguistics / Vol. 5

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