Intro
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Analysis of Contributions
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Formal Linguistics
1 Cross Consonantal Vowel Assimilation in Yoruba: A Review
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Cross Consonantal Feature Assimilation
2.1 Yoruba Vowel Harmony
2.2 Feature Structure
3 Cross-Consonantal Spreading in Morpho-Syntactic Contexts
3.1 Nominalizing Prefix [Oní]/[Oni]
4 Cross-Consonantal Spreading Across dorsal and labial-dorsal
4.1 Spreading Across the dorsal Stop
4.2 Spreading Across the Voiced labial- dorsal

5 Spreading in Diminutive and Other Ideophones
5.1 Spreading in Loan Vocabulary
6 Conclusion
References
2 Level-Ordered Morphology in Bētē Simple Nouns
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Framework
3 Method
4 Genetic Classification
4.1 Geographical Location
5 Data Analysis
5.1 Bētē Simple Nouns
5.1.1 Bete Nominal Prefixes
5.1.2 The Pairings
5.2 The Ordering of Affixes in Bētē Simple Nouns
5.2.1 Derivation of Nouns (Verb \to Noun)
5.3 Class 6 Nouns
6 Conclusion
References

3 Body Parts as Grammatical Markers in Fulfulde: The Case of Prepositions
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The Grammaticalization Theory
3 Analysis of Prepositions in Fulfulde
3.1 Fulfulde Body Part Terms as Prepositions
3.1.1 Ɓaawo 'Back'
3.1.2 Yeeso 'Face'
3.1.3 Hunnduko 'Mouth'
3.1.4 Hoore 'Head'
4 Conclusion
References
4 Syntax of Agreement in Ekid
Abstract
1 Introduction
1.1 The Ekid Language
1.2 Historical Background of Esit Eket People
2 Related Works
2.1 Morphology and Syntax
2.2 Subject-Verb Agreement

2.3 Agreement and Movement in Linguistic Theory
3 Data Analysis
3.1 Single Agreement Marking
3.2 Agreement Doubling
3.3 Multiple or Complex Agreement
4 Conclusion
References
5 Syntactic Analysis of Non-basic Constructions in Ékid
Abstract
1 Introduction
1.1 Linguistic Classification of Ékd
1.2 Theoretical Framework
2 Related Works
2.1 Topicalization
2.2 Left-Dislocation
2.3 Focusing
2.3.1 Clefting
3 Data Analysis
3.1 Topicalization
3.2 Left-Dislocation
3.3 Clefting
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
References

6 Inherent Complement Verbs in Ibibio
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Ibibio ICVs and ICs
3 Ibibio ICVs and Ibibio Transitive Lexical Verbs (TLVs)
4 Ibibio ICs as Semantic Components: More Syntactic Evidence
4.1 Imperativization and Ibibio ICs
4.2 Pronominalization and Ibibio ICs
4.3 Topicalization and Ibibio ICs
4.4 Focusing and Ibibio ICs
4.5 Discourse Pronominalization and Ibibio ICs
5 Conclusion
References
7 Complementation and Headedness in Ibibio Nominal Compounds
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Complement
3 Method
3.1 Study Population