Abstracts

Abstracts list
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• Pius W. Akumbu (LLACAN, Paris) – Reconstructing a Grassfields Bantu nominal prefix low tone: Evidence from associative constructions
• Emma Flaricelle Bakam (University of Yaoundé 1 ) – Non-verbal forms of language in ritual practices in west Cameroon
• Wilfred Mbanfu Bangsi (University of Buea) – Positional faithfulness in the Bum verb lexical tone
• Virginia Beavon-Ham, Cameron Hamm & Rachel Robinson (SIL Cameroon) – Subjunctive marking in Grassfields languages that lack verbal subject markers
• Théodore Bebey (University of Maroua) – Verb serialization in Chrambo
• Adriel J. Bebine, Madeleine Ngo Njeyiha & Laurence Ngoumamba (Université de Yaoundé 1) – L’impératif canonique dans les langues bantoïdes bantoues et grassfields du Cameroun
• Marthe Bekele Matanda, Esther Phubon Chie & Nancy Sirih-Nagang Nyindem (University of Bamenda) – Health discourse in the multilingual landscape of Cameroon
• Roger Blench (Kay Williamson Educational Foundation) – Jarawan Bantu: a new look at an orphan group
• Esther Phubon Chie (University of Bamenda) – Phrasal phonological processes in Kom
• Bruce Connell & Peter Goldman (York University) – Evolving alternatives: Language choice in a rural Cameroon market
• Gabriel D. Djomeni (University of Dschang) – Evidence of Articles in some Grassfields languages
• Angèle Vanessa Douanla Taffre (Université de Yaoundé 1) – Contact linguistique et impact sur le système nominal de la langue kwa’
• Edmond Ossoko & Jean Paul Gaindjoung (University of Yaoundé 1) – Exploring linguistic carving of social position among the Ghomala and Mmaala
• Emilisco Jones Enoachuo & Delphine Efa Eret (University of Buea) – Language Contact: The missing identity or global language use: A Linguistic perspective of Kenyang, Ejagham, Korop and Efik
• Matthew Faytak & Arnold Ekema Njie  (University at Buffalo & University of Buea) – Close vowel contrasts in Abar revisited: height or ATR?
• Matthew Faytak (University at Buffalo) – Phonetics and phonology of fricative vowels in Lus
• Evangeline Siri Fonchia (University of Yaoundé 1) – A pragmatic exploration of the structures of apology strategies in five Momo languages
• Kathryn Franich (Harvard University) – The phonological status of stem-initial prominence in Grassfields Bantu (and beyond)
• Christopher R. Green & Rebecca Grollemund (Syracuse University & University of Missouri) – Towards a reconstruction of Proto-Jarawan
• Hugues Carlos Gueche Fotso (University of Bamenda) – Functional and descriptive analysis of complement and adverbial clauses in Nda’nda’
• Ibirahim Njoya (University of Yaoundé 1) – Reduplication in Bantoid
• Dmitry Idiatov (LLACAN, Paris) – Residual vowel reduction to /i/ in functional morphemes in Bantoid
• Elisabeth J. Kerr (Leiden University) – The Mbam split subject construction
• Constantine Kouankem (University of Bertoua) – Coding coordination relations in Medumba
• Bep Langhout (SIL Cameroon) – Verb forms with umlaut in the Sari (Beboid) language: The connection between C2-consonant and vowel length
• Rosalie Maïrama & Martha Njui Mbu (University of Maroua) – The semantics of adverbs in Chrambo
• Marlaine Madzodjou (Université de Yaoundé 1) – Les numéraux ordinaux et cardinaux en ngəmba
• Solange Mekamgoum & Roland Kießling (University of Hamburg) – “Swallow fire”: Literal and figurative usages of Ngəmba verbs for eat and drink
• Diandra Sleene Mendouga Owona (Université de Yaoundé 1) – Reduplication in Ndemli
• Francine F. Moguo (University of Buea ) – Erosion and loss processes in the study of negation markers in Ghɔmálá’
• Levi E. Mokake & Clovis Ndichia Nkwain (University of Bamenda & University of Buea) – Traditional techniques of knowledge transmission in Kom and Mokpe: Towards a typology of language maintenance
• Levi E. Mokake & Flora N. Manjo (University of Bamenda) – Language contact and linguistic stereotypes: The case of Lamnso’
• Ayu’nwi N. Neba (University of Buea) – A synchronic study of nominal prefix tone in selected Bantoid/ Grassfields Bantu languages: A comparative study
• Landri Ngaouri (Université de Ngaoundéré, Laboratoire Langues, Dynamiques et Usages) – Et si Kay Williamson, Watters, Bernd et Derek s’étaient trompés sur la classification des langues mambiloïdes ?
• Herbert Rostand Ngouo & Théodore Bebey (University of Maroua) – Reflexive constructions in Ngomba
• Ivo Forghema Njuasi, Nicholas Kamyu Mori & Matthew Faytak  (University of Buea, University at Buffalo & University at Buffalo) – Diphthongization of /Vn/ in Kom: a phonological analysis and corpus study
• Magdaline Bakume Nkongho  (University of Maroua) – Tense/aspect and verbal negation in Kendem
• Ninon Wokwenmendam Nkouo (Université De Douala) – Modes d’adresse et de référence en shupamem
• Nancy Sirih Nagang Nyindem (University of Bamenda) – Linguistic landscape: A bridge to crisis management in Cameroon
• Ousmanou (University of Yaoundé 1) – The monophonematic analysis of prenasal clusters deriving from the lexicalization of noun class prefixes in Bantoid languages: the case of Koshin [‘Beboid’ Bantu, Cameroon]
• Rachel Robinson (SIL Cameroon) – Grammatical encoding through tone in Bamali tense, aspect and mood
• Emmanuel Ndzi Tabah (University of Buea) – Tone in Limbum derived forms
• Florence A. E. Tabe Oben (University of Yaoundé 1) – Appraisal of Kenyang noun classification from the spell-outs of subject markers
• James N. Tasah (University of Maroua) – The dynamics of language contact and lexical borrowing in Grassfields languages: A case study of Kom in Boyo Division
• Nelson C. Tschonghongei (University of Yaoundé 1) – Ablaut vectorisation matrix
• Mark Van de Velde (LLACAN, Paris) – Alignment in Bantoid double object constructions
• Prasidis Nain Wainkem (University of Yaoundé 1) – Investigating the development and use of negation by Kom children at language acquisition age
• Abass Ngoungouo Yagnigni (Université de Yaoundé 1) – Analyse des interfaces phonologie-sémantique et syntaxe-sémantique en shupamem
• Michael Ntonyuh Yamungeu (University of Yaoundé 1) – Serial Verb Constructions and information structure in ŊgieməkɔɁkə