Selected Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Linguistic Research and Languages in Africa
edited by Akinloye Ojo and Lioba Moshi

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Foreword
Akinloye Ojo and Lioba Moshi
v-vi (abstract or complete paper)

— Plenary —

Why Do Descriptive Fieldwork? Dictionaries, Precedence and Verb Argument Order
Ronald P. Schaefer
1-9 (abstract or complete paper)

— Historical Linguistics —

The Velar Ejective in Proto-Agaw
Paul D. Fallon
10-22 (abstract or complete paper)

— Morphology and Syntax —

A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Final Vowels [i] and [a] in Luganda Deverbal Nouns
Franca Ferrari-Bridgers
23-31 (abstract or complete paper)

The Expression of Tense and Aspect in Shona
Carmela Toews
32-41 (abstract or complete paper)

Investigating the Shona Reflexive zvi
Dennis Ryan Storoshenko
42-55 (abstract or complete paper)

Evidence for the Mirror Principle and Morphological Templates in Luganda Affix Ordering
Laura McPherson and Mary Paster
56-66 (abstract or complete paper)

Object Marking in wh-questions in Bantu
Kristina Riedel
67-76 (abstract or complete paper)

What Makes a Sheng Word Unique? Lexical Manipulation in Mixed Languages
Mokaya Bosire
77-85 (abstract or complete paper)

Agree in the Functional Domain: Evidence from the Morphosyntax of Positive and Negative Imperatives in Standard Arabic
Usama Soltan
86-99 (abstract or complete paper)

Comparing APPLs and Oranges: The Syntax of Shona Applicatives
Heather Bliss
100-109 (abstract or complete paper)

— Phonology and Phonetics —

Shanjo and Fwe as Part of Bantu Botatwe: A Diachronic Phonological Approach
Koen Bostoen
110-130 (abstract or complete paper)

On Nasals and Nasalization in Òko
Joseph Dele Atóyèbí
131-136 (abstract or complete paper)

Singing in a Tone Language: Shona
Murray Schellenberg
137-144 (abstract or complete paper)

Intrinsic F0 in Shona Vowels: A Descriptive Study
Ashleigh Gonzales
145-155 (abstract or complete paper)

— Sociolinguistics and Stylistics —

Jè̩dí Ò M'Akò̩wé (Hemorrhoid Respects Not Even the Educated Elite): A Sociolinguistic-Stylistic Analysis of the Language of Yorùbá Herbal Medicine Practitioners
Adés̩o̩lá O̩láté̩jú
156-165 (abstract or complete paper)

Linguistic Identity (re)Construction in Electoral Politics: The Case of 2005 Tanzanian Parliamentary Campaigns
Charles Bwenge
166-178 (abstract or complete paper)