Papers from the fifth annual conference on African Linguistics
By: William R. Leben, editor
Series: Studies in African linguistics. Supplement -- 5; Studies in African linguistics -- 5
Publisher: Dept. of Linguistics and the African Studies Center, University of California
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: African languages; Congresses
Notes: "... A selection of papers from the fifth Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at Stanford University on March 29-31, 1974."

Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Sociolinguistics and the question of a national language :  -- Eric Ofoe Apronti -- (p. 1-20.).; title: Anatomy of the tonal system of a Bantu language  -- Cheryl L Austen -- (p. 21-33.).; title: Sentence negation in Yoruba  -- Ayo Banjo -- (p. 35-47.).; title: A Counter example to Bach's "questions."  -- Eyamba G Bokamba -- (p. 49-66.).; title: Papiamento plurals  -- Charles E DeBose -- (p. 67-73.).; title: Partial vowel harmony in Kera  -- Karen Heide Ebert -- (p. 75-80.).; title: Omotic as an Afroasiatic family  -- Harold C Fleming -- (p. 81-94.).; title: Truth, belief and doubt in Kinyarwanda / -- Talmy Givón-- (p. 95-113.).; title: Bantu and its closest relatives  -- Joseph Harold Greenberg -- (p. 115-124.).; title: The "Adjective" in some African languages  -- Claude Hagège -- (p. 125-133.).; title: Spatial perception and linguistic encoding :  -- Clifford Alden Hill -- (p. 135-148.).; title: Rule inversion and restructuring in Kamba  -- Thomas J Hinnebusch -- (p. 149-167.).; title: Universals of downdrift :  -- Jean-Marie Hombert -- (p. 169-183.).; title: An Experimental study of Yoruba tone  -- Carl R La Velle -- (p. 185-194.).; title: Causative constructions in Yoruba  -- Carol Lord -- (p. 195-204.).; title: A Possible new cause of tone-splitting :  -- Ian Maddieson -- (p. 205-221.).; title: The Origin of consonant gemination in Luganda  -- Martin Mould -- (p. 223-231.).; title: Syntactic correlates of notionally defined adverbial types in Yoruba  -- David Ọlatunbọsun Ọkẹ -- (p. 233-252.).; title: A Non-transformational account of serial verbs  -- Paul Schachter -- (p. 253-282.).; title: Floating tones, shifting rules, and downstep in Dschang-Bamileke  -- Maurice Tadadjeu -- (p. 283-290.).; title: On the similarity between nominal adjectives and possessive forms in Kijungan -- Alexis Takizala-- (p. 291-305.).