Topics in Kwa Syntax

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. The Phonology Syntax Interface

   • Enoch O. Aboh, James Essegbey

   Pages 1-9

3. The Morphosyntax of the Noun Phrase

   • Enoch O. Aboh

   Pages 11-37

4. General Properties of the Clause

   • Enoch O. Aboh, James Essegbey

   Pages 39-64

5. The Non-agreeing Subject Resumptive Pronoun in Yoruba

   • Oluseye Adesola

   Pages 65-89

6. Relative Clauses in Akan

   • Kofi K. Saah

   Pages 91-107

7. C-Type Negation Markers on the Right Edge

   • Enoch O. Aboh

   Pages 109-139

8. Information Packaging Constructions in Kwa: Micro-variation and Typology

   • Felix K. Ameka

   Pages 141-176

9. Inherent Complement Verbs and the Basic Double Object Construction in Gbe

   • James Essegbey

   Pages 177-193

10. The Empty Subject Construction: Verb Serialization in Baule

    • Martha Larson

    Pages 195-232

11. Back Matter

    Pages 233-237

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This book grew out of a concern we have had that very many theoretical and descriptive work on the Kwa languages were not accessible to the general linguistic community. As a result, these languages were only referred to in the context of very specific discussions such as serial verb constructions. But as the reader of this book will notice, syntactic topics discussed in the context of Kwa range from bare nouns, relative clauses, negation, discourse markers and the interaction with the clausal periphery, to argument structure. Many issues remain that need to be brought to the fore of the community and we hope that this book will trigger the curiosity of the reader to get to know more about these languages. Much of the work presented here could not have been possible without the help of many colleagues and the contri- tors whom we thank warmly for joining this enterprise. We are also grateful to the editors of the series, Marcel den Dikken, Joan Maling, Liliane Haegeman to have offeredus this platform to initiate the debate about Kwa. We will also like to thank Helen van der Stelt and Jolanda Voogd from Springer for their kind collaboration and patience. We are also very grateful to Joscelyn Essegbey and Leston Buell for helping with editing the manuscript. Enoch, O. Aboh James Essegbey v Contents 1 The Phonology Syntax Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Enoch, O. Aboh and James Essegbey 2 The Morphosyntax of the Noun Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enoch, O.

• Index
• Negation
• Syntax
• Verb
• aspect
• comparative
• morpho-syntax
• present
• relative clauses
• subject
• verb phrase

From the reviews:

“The editors are to be congratulated on putting together an excellent collection of articles on  a group of languages that should be more widely discussed. Experienced scholars of Kwa will find it a useful guide to what is being done in languages outside their own specialization.” (Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, Studies in Language, 34:2)

“Although written by and for linguists with special expertise and interest in Kwa languages, this volume has much to offer creolists, especially but not only those investigating the development of Atlantic creoles. The data and analyses will be most useful to those researching the historical connections between Gbe and other West African language groupings and the grammars of creoles of the New World, a value enhanced by depth of detail not only about individual languages but also about differences among them.” (George L. Huttar, Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, Vol. 28 (1), 2013)

• Fac. Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  Enoch O. Aboh

• Dept. African & Asian Languages &, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.

  James Essegbey

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