Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): Pius W. Akumbu, Larry M. Hyman & Roland Kießling – The segmental and tonal structure of verb inflection in Babanki

In this study we provide a comprehensive phonological and morphological overview of the complex tense-aspect-mood (TAM) system of Babanki, a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. Our emphasis is on the competing inflectional tonal melodies that are assigned to the verb stem. More ...