Possessive Tone in Tswefap (Bamileke): Paradigmatic or Derivational?

Possessive Tone in Tswefap (Bamileke): Paradigmatic or Derivational?

In this paper I consider two analyses of the possessive pronoun tonal paradigm in Tswefap, a Bamileke language spoken in Batoufam, Cameroon. As in the case of related languages that have been previously described, Tswefap has a rather complex tone system that involves multiple tone heights, tonal contours, and tone alternations. Although simplified, it also maintains several of the inherited no...

Norwegian Possessive Pronouns: Phrases, Words or Suffixes?

In Norwegian, possessive pronouns can be prenominal (min bil 'my car') or postnominal (bilen min 'car.DEF my'). In the Principles and Parameters literature, the standard assumption is that possessive pronouns are prenominal in underlying structure, while the postnominal position is a result of N-movement. This paper takes a different approach. The focus is the grammatical differences between th...

An Ultrasound Analysis of Tswefap Back Consonants

Tswefap is a grassfields Bantu (Bamileke) language spoken in Batoufam, Cameroon. This paper is part of a series of descriptive and theoretical analyses of Tswefap undertaken for a fieldwork methodology seminar. The focus for this paper is to identify the place of articulation of back consonants in Tswefap using ultrasound imaging and SSANOVA. Data for this analysis were collected in an urban se...

"Derivational" Paradigms In Morphonology

INTRODUCTION.

Paradigmatic Chaos in Nuer