Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on African Linguistics. Edited by Robert K. Herbert

Front Matter
pp. i-v
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Toward a Reconstruction of Proto-Nilotic Vocalism
Hall, R. M. R.; Hall, Beatrice L.; Antell, Stephen A.; Myers, Amy; Sheerin, Lawrence P. pp. 1-15
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Lenis Stops and the Origins of Volta-Comoe Consonant Mutation
Stewart, John pp. 16-31
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A Reconstructed Chronology of Loss: Swahili Class 9/10
Hinnebusch, Thomas J. pp. 32-41
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Contributions to the Afroasiatic Comparative Word List
Dolgopolsky, Aron B. pp. 42-43
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An Acoustic Analysis of Double Articulations in Ibibio
Garnes, Sara pp. 44-55
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Vowel Length in Moore: Its Phonemic Status and Its Orthographic Representation
Nikiema, Norbert pp. 56-67
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Nasal Interactions and Bantu Vowel-Initial Roots; The Morphological or Phonological Solution?
Dalgish, Gerry pp. 68-74
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The Phonemic Status of Mid Tone in Ebolowa Bulu
Wilkinson, Robert W. pp. 75-86
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Some Problems with Binary Features for Tone
Stahlke, Herbert F. pp. 87-98
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Nonsegmental Tone in Lango
Clifton, John M. pp. 99-105
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Is Hausa a Suprasegmental Language?
Churma, Donald G. pp. 106-115
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The Ordering of Derivational Tone Rules in Yoruba
Sterk, Jan P. pp. 116-124
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Downdrift and Downstep in Luo
Tucker, A. N.; Creider, Chet A. pp. 125-134
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Tone Melodies and the Autosegment
Goldsmith, John pp. 135-147
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Some Contributions of Central African Languages to African Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, and Language Universals
Hagège, Claude pp. 148-160
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The Study of Word Order in African Languages
Heine, Bernd pp. 161-183
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Complementizer Choice in Selected Eastern Bantu Languages
Myers, Amy pp. 184-193
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Temne Complementation
Yillah, M. Sorie pp. 194-201
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Relative Clauses and Nominalized Sentences in Yoruba
Bambgoşe, Ayϙ pp. 202-209
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The Case for a Focus Position in Duala
Epée, Roger pp. 210-226
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Focus and Topic in Gude
Hoskison, James T. pp. 227-233
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Predicate Clefting in Afro-European Creoles
Bynoe-Andriolo, Esla Y.; Yillah, M. Sorie pp. 234-239
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The Syntax of the 'Infinitive' in Swahili
Gromova, N. V. p. 240
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A Constraint on Deletion in Swahili
Brandon, Frank Roberts pp. 241-259
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Relational Grammar and Some Aspects of Swahili Syntax
Riddle, Elizabeth pp. 260-269
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A Constraint on Complements in Swahili
Wager, Janet S. pp. 270-278
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Variation in the Krio Speech Community
Williams, Wayne R. pp. 279-293
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Back Matter
pp. 294-299
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