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Volume XXVII Number 1 1998/99<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Keith Snider Tonal ‘Upstep’ in Engenni 3<br />
Bruce Connell<br />
Feature Geometry and the Formation <strong>of</strong><br />
Labial-velars: A Reply to Mutaka and Ebobissé 17<br />
Mary Pearce Consonant and Tone in Kera (Chadic) 33<br />
Alex K. Dzameshie Structures <strong>of</strong> Coordination in Ewe 71<br />
Caesar Akuetey<br />
A Preliminary Study <strong>of</strong> Yevegbe:<br />
Animist Cult Language in Eweland 83<br />
Emmanuel N. Abakah On the Question <strong>of</strong> Standard Fante 95<br />
REVIEW<br />
Ursula Wiesemann<br />
Réalisations argumentales et classes de<br />
verbes en Fngbè by Anne-Marie Brousseau 115<br />
Volume XXVII Number 2 1998/99<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Flavien Gbéto<br />
Issa Takassi<br />
Description et hypothèses sur la nature de l’UPT:<br />
L’exemple des langues gbe 3<br />
La numération dans une langue gurma: Le cas<br />
du ncam 21<br />
Ekhato Otamere <strong>Languages</strong> in Contact: The Case <strong>of</strong> Edo and<br />
Imasuen Portuguese 39<br />
Ngessimo M. Mutaka Maintaining Face in the Nso Culture:<br />
and Ngoran Loveline A Study in Politeness Strategies in Letters between<br />
Lenaka Schoolgirls 51<br />
Ngessimo M. Mutaka Group Identity Strengthening in the Nso Culture:<br />
and Ngoran Loveline The Uses <strong>of</strong> Oral Abuse by Older Women 67<br />
Lenaka<br />
Olaoba F. Arasanyin<br />
Surplus Agenda, Deficit Culture: Language and the<br />
Class-Divide in Nigeria 81<br />
Douglas Boone, Silué L’utilisation du francais et de l’adioukrou<br />
Lamine, and MaryAnne par les Aïzi 102<br />
Augustin
Volume XXVIII Number 1 2000/2001<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Stephen Dettweiler Vowel Harmony and Neutral Vowels in C’Lela 3<br />
W. A. A. Wilson Vowel Harmony in Bijagó 19<br />
Ngessimo M. Mutaka<br />
Interaction <strong>of</strong> Imbrication and Reduplication<br />
in Kinande 33<br />
Michael Cahill Noun Classes and Phonology in Knni 49<br />
Grace<br />
Functional Categories and Verb Movement<br />
Emuekpere-Masagbor in Ivie 71<br />
P. E. Ejele The Syntax and Semantics <strong>of</strong> Tense Markers<br />
in Esan 85<br />
Kirsten A. Fudeman Contrastive Focus in the Ganja Dialect <strong>of</strong> Balanta 96<br />
Engelbert Domché-Téko Le locatif en ghomala’ 105<br />
Ayo Bamgbose New Directions in <strong>West</strong> <strong>African</strong> Language Studies 115<br />
REVIEW<br />
reviewed by An Introduction to Kasena Society and Culture 117<br />
Philip Hewer<br />
Through Their Proverbs by A. K. Awedoba<br />
Volume XXVIII Number 2 2000/2001<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Moïse Paré Analyse de la quantité vocalique en san 3<br />
Ngessimo M. Mutaka Vowel Raising in Basaa Verbal Forms<br />
and Zachée Bitjaa Kody 11<br />
Ahmadu Ndanusa Kawu Hiatus Resolution in Nupe 27<br />
John M. Stewart<br />
Ayo Bamgbose<br />
Symmetric versus Asymmetric Vowel Height<br />
Harmony and e, o versus i, u in Proto-Bantu<br />
and Proto-Savanna Bantu 45<br />
Coreferentiality and Focus in Textual Cohesion:<br />
Evidence from Yoruba 59<br />
P. E. Ejele Durativity, Punctuality, and the Imperfective<br />
Paradox: The Case in Esan 71<br />
Pius N. Tamanji Agreement and the Internal Syntax <strong>of</strong> Bafut DPs 85<br />
W. A. A. Wilson W.A.A. Wilson on Creissels’ Mandinka Grammar 109<br />
REVIEWS<br />
reviewed by A Dictionary <strong>of</strong> the Kisi Language, 126<br />
W. A. A. Wilson by G. Tucker Childs<br />
reviewed by Les peuples voltaïques (gur). Bibliographie 127<br />
W. A. A. Wilson commentée des peuples parlant les langue<br />
voltaïques, by Jacques Nicole and<br />
Marie-Claire Nicole
Volume XXIX Number 1 2002<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Roderick F. Casali Nawuri ATR Harmony in Typological Perspective 3<br />
Pius N. Tamanji<br />
Negation, Verb Movement and Word Order<br />
in Bafut 45<br />
Tanyi Eyong Muagbaw The Denya Noun Class System 65<br />
Sylvester N. Osu<br />
The Meaning <strong>of</strong> the Meaningless Morpheme kè<br />
in Ikwere 83<br />
Awambeng Elizabeth Tonal Processes in Nkwen: An Autosegmental<br />
Ncheafor Perspective 103<br />
Volume XXIX Number 2 2002<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Emmanuel O. Ezeani Learning the Sciences in the Igbo Language 3<br />
Rose Aziza Nasality in Urhobo: An Autosegmental Perspective 11<br />
Malcolm A. Finney Compounding and Reduplication in Krio 23<br />
Inyang Ud<strong>of</strong>ot The Intonation <strong>of</strong> Nigerian English 35<br />
Samson N. Abangma The Forms and Functions <strong>of</strong> Questions in Denya 49<br />
P. E. Ejele Temporal Distinctions as Bases for the Semantic<br />
Classification <strong>of</strong> Verbs: Insights from Esan 65<br />
G. Tucker Childs Borrowings into Kisi as Evidence <strong>of</strong> Mande<br />
Expansionism and Influence 81<br />
REVIEW<br />
reviewed by<br />
Christfried Naumann<br />
Die Sprache der Malgwa (Nárá Málgwa).<br />
Grammatische Erstbeschreibung einer zentraltschadischen<br />
Sprache Nordost-Nigerias,<br />
by Doris Löhr. 121
Volume XXX Number 1 2003<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Daniel F. Idiata<br />
Caesar A. Akuetey<br />
Evolution du système des classes nominales<br />
isangu (B42): Une lecture synchronique et<br />
diachronique des genres 5/2 et 9/10 3<br />
Le verbe zu en éwé ne marque pas par lui-même<br />
un changement d’état 13<br />
P. E. Ejele Aspectual Contrasts in Esan 23<br />
M. M. Munkaila Double Object and Indirect Object Constructions<br />
in Hausa 35<br />
Gillian F. Hansford Understanding Chumburung Proverbs 57<br />
Nazam Halaoui Les syntagmes nominaux en soninké 83<br />
REVIEWS<br />
reviewed by<br />
Aspects <strong>of</strong> the Aesthetics <strong>of</strong> Hausa Verbal Art,<br />
H. Ekkehard Wolff by Linda Hunter and Chaibou Elhadji Oumarou. 111<br />
reviewed by<br />
Contes et textes documentaires kwa de Côte<br />
I. Fiedler d’Ivoire, by William R. Leben and Firmin Ahoua. 115<br />
reviewed by<br />
Gedandedi sa Geviya, Dictionnaire Geviya–<br />
P. K. Linton Français, by Lolke J. van der Veen and Sébastien<br />
Bodinga-Bwa-Bodinga. 117<br />
Volume XXX Number 2 2003<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Felix. K. Ameka<br />
Grammar and cultural practices: The grammaticalization<br />
<strong>of</strong> triadic communication in <strong>West</strong> <strong>African</strong><br />
languages 5<br />
G. Tucker Childs The Atlantic and Mande groups <strong>of</strong> Niger-Congo:<br />
A study in contrasts, a study in interaction 29<br />
Bernard Comrie<br />
Zygmunt Frajzyngier<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>African</strong> logophorics and the typology <strong>of</strong><br />
reference-tracking 41<br />
Tense and aspect as coding means for information<br />
structure: A potential areal feature 53<br />
Larry M. Hyman How to become a ‘Kwa’ verb 69<br />
R. Nicolaï En regard de l’espace sahélo-saharien<br />
Typologie des langues et questions de Sprachbünde:<br />
Réflexions sur les effets linguistiques du contact et<br />
des fonctionnalités sociolinguistiques 89<br />
Valentin Vydrine<br />
Kay Williamson<br />
Areal and genetic features in <strong>West</strong> Mande and<br />
South Mande phonology: In what sense did Mande<br />
languages evolve? 113<br />
Typical vowel systems and processes in <strong>West</strong><br />
<strong>African</strong> Niger-Congo languages 127
ARTICLES<br />
Volume XXXI Number 1 2004<br />
Ayun’nwi N. Neba The floating low tone in Bafut 3<br />
Flavien Gbéto L’expression de la minimalité prosodique 15<br />
dans les emprunts européens en fon<br />
Philip N. Anagbogu The lexicographer’s burden: The case <strong>of</strong> Igwe’s 33<br />
(1999) Igbo-English Dictionary<br />
Imelda Icheji Udoh Ghost consonants and lenition in Leggbo 47<br />
Pius N. Tamanji and Constituent structure <strong>of</strong> the associative 65<br />
Gratiana L. Ndamsah construction in Grassfields Bantu<br />
Oládiípo Ajíbóyè The syntax <strong>of</strong> reflexive Yorùbá epithets 89<br />
REVIEWS<br />
reviewed by<br />
Andrew Haruna Sindi Tangale Folktales (Kaltungo, Northern 125<br />
Nigeria) (<strong>West</strong>afrikanische Studien Band 23)<br />
by Herrmann Jungraithmayr<br />
reviewed by<br />
W.A.A Wilson Esquisse contrastive du kagoro (Manding) by 130<br />
Valentin Vydrine<br />
reviewed by<br />
W.A.A. Wilson Manding-English Dictionary (Maninka, 131<br />
Bamana) by Valentin Vydrine (Ncí Jàrá).<br />
OBITUARY: Kay Williamson by Roger Blench 132<br />
Volume XXXI Number 2 2004<br />
A TRIBUTE to Kay Williamson by Ayo Bamgbose 3<br />
PHOTOS <strong>of</strong> Kay Williamson 6<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Olufunmilayo Ogunkeye Incorporation in Yoruba 9<br />
Flavien Gbéto Tonologie synchronique du t<strong>of</strong>ingbe du 27<br />
village lacustre de ganvie, dialecte gbe du<br />
Sud-Bénin<br />
K<strong>of</strong>i K. Saah A survey <strong>of</strong> Akan adverbs and adverbials 47<br />
Keith Snider SIL Comparative <strong>African</strong> Word List 73<br />
and James Roberts (SILCAWL)<br />
REVIEWS<br />
reviewed by<br />
Malte Zimmermann The Morphosyntax <strong>of</strong> Complement-Head 123<br />
Sequences: Clause Structure and Word<br />
Patterns in Kwa by Enoch Olade Aboh<br />
reviewed by<br />
Gillian F. Hansford Igo talk da broken English proper: A North 127<br />
American’s Guide to Ghanaian English by<br />
Fr. Jon P. Kirby<br />
reviewed by<br />
Pius N. Tamanji An Introduction to <strong>African</strong> <strong>Languages</strong> by 130<br />
Tucker G. Childs
Volume XXXII Number 1&2 2005<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Michael A. Abiodun<br />
Ethelbert E. Kari<br />
The derivation <strong>of</strong> genitive nouns in four Benue-<br />
Congo languages: Yoruba, Ukaan, Igede and<br />
Ebira 5<br />
Degema subject markers: Are they prefixes<br />
or proclitics? 13<br />
Emile-Gille Nguendjio L’expression de la possession en langue màsà 21<br />
C. U. C. Ugorji Dialect communities and language vitality:<br />
The case <strong>of</strong> Igbo 33<br />
Charles O. Marfo<br />
Akan focus and topic constructions and the<br />
prosody-syntax interface 45<br />
Bertille Djoupée Les nominaux à expansion en baka 61<br />
Valentin Vydrine Pronoms personnels gouro 83<br />
Emmanuel N. Abakah Tone rules in Akan 109<br />
Gillian F. Hansford My eyes are red: Body metaphor in Chumburung 135<br />
REVIEWS<br />
reviewed by<br />
David H. Crozier<br />
reviewed by<br />
Ines Fiedler<br />
reviewed by<br />
Carlos M. Benítez-<br />
Torres<br />
reviewed by<br />
Roland Kiessling<br />
Publication<br />
announcement:<br />
Nigerian Pidgin in Lagos: Language contact,<br />
variation and change in an <strong>African</strong> urban setting,<br />
by Dagmar Deuber. 181<br />
A grammar <strong>of</strong> Fongbe, by Claire Lefebvre and<br />
Anne-Marie Brousseau. 182<br />
La force des choses ou l’épreuve ‘nilosaharienne.’<br />
Questions sur les reconstructions<br />
archéologiques et l’évolution des languages, by<br />
Robert Nicolaï. 188<br />
Grammaire Mundang by Stefan Elders. 192<br />
Ghanaian English Pronunciation, by Sophia<br />
A. Adjaye. 197<br />
ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />
10e Colloque de Linguistique Nilo-Saharienne<br />
25th <strong>West</strong> <strong>African</strong> <strong>Languages</strong> Congress<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Inside back cover<br />
Outside back cover
Volume XXXIII Number 1 2006<br />
A TRIBUTE to John M. Stewart by W.A.A. Wilson 3<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Vincent Tanda and The structure <strong>of</strong> negative constructions in Nfaw 5<br />
Emmanuel Tabah<br />
Emmanuel Ezejideaku The language <strong>of</strong> Igbo satiric poetry 17<br />
Komlan E. Essizewa<br />
A sociolinguistic survey <strong>of</strong> language contact in<br />
Togo: A case study <strong>of</strong> Kabiye and Ewe<br />
Oye Táíwò Negative markers in Ào and Standard Yorùbá 53<br />
Ngessimo M. Mutaka and<br />
Esther Phubon Chie<br />
Vowel raising in Babanki 71<br />
35<br />
Gaston Nanfah<br />
Constantine Yuka<br />
Lexico-phonological dialectometry <strong>of</strong> Yémba<br />
speech varieties<br />
Parametric binarity and Lamnso’ WHconstructions<br />
89<br />
125<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Inside back cover<br />
Volume XXXIII Number 2 2006<br />
CONTENTS<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Rose O. Aziza and Don C.<br />
Utulu<br />
i<br />
Akinbiyi Akinlabi and<br />
Seunghun J. Lee<br />
Loanword phonology: English in Urhobo and<br />
Yorùbá<br />
A morpho-syntactic account <strong>of</strong> ni in M<br />
Yorùbá<br />
Predicting Ibibio vowel distribution 43<br />
Nazam Halaoui Singulier et pluriel dans le nom en soninke 61<br />
Flavien Gbéto<br />
La participation des consonnes comme unites 87<br />
porteuses de ton en kotafon, dialecte gbe du<br />
Sud-Benin<br />
Rémy Bôle-Richard Unité et diversité du w de Côte d'Ivoire 109<br />
3<br />
23<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Inside back cover
VOLUME XXXIV NUMBER 1 2007<br />
ARTICLES<br />
C.U.C Ugorji and E.O.<br />
Osiruemu<br />
Chinedu Uchechukwu<br />
B. S. Chumbow and Pius<br />
W. Akumbu<br />
Caesar A. Akuetey<br />
Bitjaa Kody Zaché Denis<br />
et Messina Ethé Julia<br />
Flavien Gbéto<br />
Keith Snider<br />
Nigerian English in Dry leaves on Ukan trees<br />
The phenomenon <strong>of</strong> ideophonic pairing in Igbo<br />
Upstep <strong>of</strong> low tone in Njyem and Register Tier<br />
Theory<br />
Etude du marqueur ɖu en éwé<br />
Langues et cultures nationales dans les écoles<br />
primaires en milieu urbain camerounais<br />
La participation des consonnes comme unites<br />
porteuses de ton en kotafon, dialecte gbe du<br />
Sud-Benin<br />
Automatic and Nonautomatic Downstep in<br />
Chumburung: an instrumental comparison<br />
REVIEWS<br />
reviewed by<br />
Keir Hansford<br />
ERRATA<br />
Guinea <strong>Languages</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Atlantic Group,<br />
by William A.A.Wilson<br />
Page 43 <strong>of</strong> JWAL 33.2<br />
ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />
Les Premières Journées des Sciences du Language à Yaoundé, Cameroun<br />
Summer School <strong>of</strong> Linguistics at Winneba, Ghana<br />
26 th <strong>West</strong> <strong>African</strong> <strong>Languages</strong> Congress (WALC) at Winneba, Ghana<br />
2008 International Workshop on the Ghana-Togo Mountain <strong>Languages</strong> at<br />
Ho, Ghana<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Inside back cover
Volume XXXIV Number 2 2007<br />
CONTENTS<br />
ARTICLES<br />
C<strong>of</strong>fi Sambiéni<br />
Olaoba Arasanyin<br />
L’integration des emprunts français et anglais<br />
dans le systeme classificatoire nominal du byali,<br />
gur oriental, Benin<br />
Truly Nigerian? Reassessing the question <strong>of</strong><br />
English nativization in Nigeria<br />
Stuart McGill The Cicipu noun class system 51<br />
3<br />
21<br />
Jules Assoumou<br />
De l’utilisation orale des langues maternelles à<br />
l’enseignement des langues maternelles orales<br />
dans l’éducation scolaire au Cameroun<br />
91<br />
REVIEWS<br />
reviewed by<br />
William A.A.Wilson<br />
reviewed by<br />
Gillian F. Hansford<br />
reviewed by<br />
Gillian F. Hansford<br />
reviewed by<br />
Gillian F. Hansford<br />
reviewed by<br />
Gillian F. Hansford<br />
Morphosyntaxe du jóola banjal: langue<br />
atlantique du Sénégal by Alain-Christian<br />
Bassène.<br />
Búun Saba. Proverbs, Sayings and Maxims in<br />
Eastern Tangale (Northern Nigeria) by<br />
Herrmann Jungraithmayr with Stephen Njeno<br />
Yoblis and Njeno Andirya Galadima.<br />
Dagban’ Ŋaha - Dagbani Proverbs by K<strong>of</strong>i<br />
Ron Lange.<br />
Bu Me Bɛ. Proverbs <strong>of</strong> the Akans by Peggy<br />
Appiah, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Ivor<br />
Agyeman-Duah Ayebia. 2007.<br />
Akan Dictionary Pilot Project. 2006 by he<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Linguistics, University <strong>of</strong> Ghana,<br />
Legon.<br />
111<br />
112<br />
113<br />
115<br />
116<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Inside back cover
Volume XXXV Numbers 1&2 2008<br />
THE JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES<br />
ARTICLES<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Simplice Simeu<br />
Adewuni Salawu<br />
Komlan E. Essizewa<br />
Emmanuel-Moselly<br />
Makasso<br />
Predominant use <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial languages in the<br />
mass media in Cameroun: a tentative response<br />
to the problem<br />
News translation: a case study <strong>of</strong> the <strong>of</strong>ficial and<br />
the regional languages in South-<strong>West</strong> Nigeria<br />
Sociolinguistic aspects <strong>of</strong> language change<br />
among Kabiye-French bilinguals<br />
Melisms and subjectivity in Basaa oral<br />
spontaneous discourse<br />
5<br />
13<br />
23<br />
33<br />
Christopher R. Green<br />
and Boubacar Diakite<br />
Beatrice Ekanjume<br />
Cecilia A. Eme and<br />
Davidson U. Mbagwu<br />
Seth Antwi Ofori<br />
Emergent syllable complexity in colloquial<br />
Bamana<br />
The Phonological Phrase as a prosodic domain<br />
in Akóóse<br />
Igbo na + particle: a semantic examination 69<br />
Numeral compounding in Akan (Twi): a multitiered<br />
account<br />
45<br />
57<br />
79<br />
K<strong>of</strong>i Agyekum The language <strong>of</strong> Akan ideophones 101<br />
Kirill V. Babaev Reconstructing Benue-Congo person marking I:<br />
Proto-Bantoid<br />
131<br />
Hounkpati B. C. Capo Questions orthographiques en Afrique 185<br />
David Roberts<br />
Thirty years <strong>of</strong> orthography testing in <strong>West</strong><br />
<strong>African</strong> languages (1977-2007)<br />
199<br />
REVIEWS<br />
reviewed by<br />
Gillian F. Hansford<br />
reviewed by<br />
H. Ekkehard Wolff<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Lyang lu, One thousand and one proverbs,<br />
idioms and sayings in Mushere (N.Nigeria) by<br />
Herrmann Jungraithmayr and Philibus I.<br />
Diyakal<br />
243<br />
A Hausa Dictionary by Paul Newman 244<br />
Inside back cover
Volume XXXVI Numbers 1&2 2009<br />
THE JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES<br />
ARTICLES<br />
M.E. Kropp Dakubu<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Pushing back linguistic time in the Trans-Volta:<br />
movement, assimilation and loss<br />
Roger Blench<br />
Do the Ghana-Togo mountain languages 19<br />
constitute a genetic group?<br />
James Essegbey Noun classes in Tutrugbu 37<br />
Ines Fiedler and Focal aspects in the Lelemi verb system 57<br />
Anne Schwarz<br />
Matthew W. Harley Focus constructions in Tuwuli 75<br />
K<strong>of</strong>i Dorvlo Focus in Logba 91<br />
Gray C. Plunkett An overview <strong>of</strong> Foodo, a linguistic island in 107<br />
Benin<br />
Felix K. Ameka Verb extensions in Likpe (Sɛkpɛ ) 139<br />
Ufualè Christine Temps, Aspect, Mode en ikposso<br />
Afola-Amey<br />
159<br />
Aude Soubrier Emergence d’une marque de causation en<br />
ikposo ? (kwa, Togo)<br />
187<br />
Cephas Delalorm Vowel harmony in Sekpele 201<br />
5<br />
Charlotte F<strong>of</strong>o<br />
Lomotey<br />
Evershed Kwasi<br />
Amuzu<br />
The vowels <strong>of</strong> the Likpe language 209<br />
Mechanisms <strong>of</strong> L1 maintenance in Ewe-English<br />
codeswitching<br />
221<br />
BOOKS FOR REVIEW<br />
Norbert Cyffer,<br />
Erwin Ebermann and<br />
Georg Ziegelmeyer<br />
Jason Kandybowicz<br />
Negation Patterns in <strong>West</strong> <strong>African</strong> <strong>Languages</strong><br />
and Beyond<br />
The Grammar <strong>of</strong> Repetition: Nupe grammar at 246<br />
the syntax-phonology interface<br />
D.N.S. Bhat Pronouns 247<br />
Hermann Jungraithmayr Der Perfekte Ton; Zur Dreidimensionität 248<br />
ANNOUNCEMENT<br />
2012<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
cover<br />
WOCAL 7 to be held in Cameroun 20-24th August<br />
Inside back<br />
245
Volume XXXVII Number 1 2010<br />
THE JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES<br />
ARTICLES<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Birgit Hellwig<br />
Bruce Connell<br />
Ronald P. Schaefer and<br />
Francis O. Egbokhare<br />
Kemmonye C. Monaka<br />
Azeb Amha<br />
Brent Henderson<br />
James Essegbey<br />
Friederike Lüpke<br />
Different types <strong>of</strong> data: A case study <strong>of</strong> Goemai<br />
demonstratives<br />
Language ecology and language endangerment:<br />
An instance from the Nigeria-Cameroon<br />
borderland<br />
Language endangerment and Edo North as a<br />
residual zone<br />
Observed dearth and death <strong>of</strong> a language: !Xoo<br />
<strong>of</strong> Botswana<br />
From gender identification to assertion: on the<br />
use <strong>of</strong> -tte and -tta in Zargulla, an endangered<br />
Omotic language<br />
Chimwiini: Endangered status and syntactic<br />
distinctiveness<br />
Locative expression in Tutrugbu: Losing<br />
typological characteristics due to contact<br />
Rare and endangered – languages or features?<br />
An <strong>African</strong> perspective<br />
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23<br />
33<br />
45<br />
57<br />
75<br />
93<br />
119<br />
BOOK FOR REVIEW 140<br />
ERRATA (with apologies) JWAL 36.1-2 Page 123 141<br />
ANNOUNCEMENT WOCAL 7 to be held in Cameroun 20-24th August 2012<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
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Volume XXXVII Number 2 2010<br />
THE JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Reuben O. Ikotun<br />
CONTENTS<br />
A Sociolinguistic analysis <strong>of</strong> vowel lengthening<br />
in Yorùbá<br />
Joy O. Uguru Nasal vowels in Ika Igbo 13<br />
Joy O. Uguru<br />
Low rise and high rise intonation in English and<br />
Ika Igbo: An acoustic analysis<br />
Emmanuel N. Abakah Tone and the Associative Construction in Akan 57<br />
3<br />
29<br />
Yolande B. Nzang<br />
Gillian F. Hansford<br />
L’Expression du bénéfactif et ses implications<br />
syntaxiques dans les langues du groupe bantu<br />
A70<br />
Red is a verb: the grammar <strong>of</strong> colour in<br />
Chumburung<br />
81<br />
109<br />
NOTICE OF DISSERTATIONS AND BOOKS PUBLISHED 138<br />
NOTICES OF CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS, AND DOWNLOADS 139<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
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Volume XXXVIII Number 1 2011<br />
THE JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES<br />
CONTENTS<br />
OBITUARY Tribute to Dr. John T. Bendor-Samuel 3<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Emmanuel Ezejideaku<br />
and Joy O. Louis<br />
Samuel Ayodele Dada<br />
Samuel Alhassan Issah<br />
On the so-called mutual intelligibility among<br />
Etsako dialects<br />
Language contact and language alternation<br />
in a Yoruba suburban town<br />
The phonology <strong>of</strong> Dagbani verbal<br />
reduplication<br />
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo The Dangme clausal connective n 53<br />
11<br />
21<br />
39<br />
Pius W. Akumbu<br />
Dieudonné Martin<br />
Luther BÔT<br />
Dieudonné Martin<br />
Luther BÔT<br />
Tone in Kejom (Babanki) associative<br />
construction<br />
Les verbes dérivés du yasa 89<br />
Le préfixe nominal yasa 99<br />
69<br />
NOTICES OF CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES, WORKSHOPS, PUBLICATIONS 123<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
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Volume XXXVIII Number 2 2011<br />
THE JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES<br />
ARTICLES<br />
Omolara K.Owoeye<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Yorùbá based Nigerian English in the drama<br />
<strong>of</strong> Ola Rotimi and Femi Os<strong>of</strong>isan<br />
Reuben O. Iko tun The sociolinguistic criteria guiding invitation to<br />
meals among the Yorùbá <strong>of</strong> south-western<br />
Nigeria<br />
Maduabuchi Sennen<br />
Agbo and Lendzemo<br />
Constantine Yuka<br />
Transitivity and double object construction in<br />
Igbò<br />
Gillian F. Hansford I have a certain child...Riddles in Chumburung 49<br />
E.M.Onumajuru<br />
David Roberts<br />
E. Kweku Osam,<br />
Reginald A. Duah and<br />
Afua M. Blay<br />
Towards a classification <strong>of</strong> Igbò verbs: the<br />
problem <strong>of</strong> stative verbs in the Orlu dialect <strong>of</strong><br />
Igbò<br />
Autosegmental and pedagogical considerations<br />
in preparation for a tone orthography<br />
experiment in Kabiye<br />
The so-called postpositions in Akan:<br />
A reconsideration<br />
3<br />
21<br />
33<br />
65<br />
87<br />
107<br />
OBITUARY A tribute to Gillian Hansford 119<br />
NOTICES OF CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES, and WORKSHOPS 120<br />
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS<br />
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