Nilo-Saharan – Models and Descriptions

Proceedings of the 11th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Conference, Cologne 22-24 May 2013 - Selected contributions. CONTENTS: Adelino Amargira: Number and case inflection in Tennet noun and adjective. Pascal Boyeldieu: Case alignment(s) in Sinyar. Prisca Jerono: Case marking in Tugen. Terrill Schrock: Case as meta-categorical heuristic in Ik grammaticography. Colleen Ahland: Classifier, reflexive, and beyond - a synchronic and diachronic exploration of the mor­pheme /tsa/ 'body' in Gumuz. Stefan Bruckhaus: Locational nouns in Datooga. Susanne Neudorf: The use of body part lexemes in Berta. Russell Norton: The Ama dual suffix - an internal reconstruction. Manuel A. Otero: Dual number in Ethiopian Komo. Christine Waag / Martin Phodunze: The pronominal system of Baka. Gregory D.S. Anderson: Stamp morphs in Central Sudanic Languages. Andreas Joswig: Syntactic sensitivity and preferred clause structure in Majang. Don Killian: Complex verbal predicates in Uduk. Angelika Mietzner: The philosophy of walking - motion and the verbs of walking in Cherang'any (Kalenjin). Doris L. Payne: Perspectives on Nilotic verb composition - why can't we agree on the Maa verb? Helga Schröder: Mixed pivot constraints in Toposa clause chaining. Chelimo Andrew Kiprop: Tone and tongue root as ventive morphemes in Endo-Marakwet. Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor: The relationship between syllable weight and stress in Dholuo. Diane Lesley-Neuman: Eastern Nilotic vowel harmony and optimality theory - what can the optimal system look like? Nate D. Bremer: Berta and the East Jebel subfamily - reinvestigating a Nilo-Saharan Isolate. Richard Griscom: The diachronic developments of KI Constructions in the Luo and Koman families. Anne Storch: Linguistic etiquette in a frontier situation - a case study from Chopi. Moges Yigezu: Is Aroid Nilo-Saharan or Afro-Asiatic? Some evidences from phonological, lexical and morphological reconstructions.