Constantine Kouankem
Biographic Data
| ID | 3532233 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Constantine Kouankem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Constantine |
| FAMILY NAME | Kouankem |
| SIGNATURE | KOUANKEM C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Buea |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4085-7319 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Focus Fronting in a Language with In Situ Marking: The Case of Mǝ̀dʉ́mbà
This paper discusses the structural realisation of contrastive focus in the Grassfields Bantu language Bamileke Mǝ̀dʉ́mbà, yet another language with grammatically optional focus fronting. We show that the realisation of contrastive focus in Mǝ̀dʉ́mbà is by default marked in situ with the morphological focus marker á. We further show that á introduces an additional, not-at-issue exhaustivity inference as part of its lexical meaning. Taken together…
NP-internal structure and the distribution of adjectives in Mə̀dʉ́mbὰ
This article discusses the structural and internal properties of adjectives in Mə̀dʉ́mbὰ, a Grassfield language spoken in the west region of Cameroon. It focuses on material inside the NP with a view towards establishing the structural positions of NP-internal constituents such as adjectives. I analyze adjectives and propose, following Scott, Gary-John. 1998. Stacked adjectival modification and the structure of nominal phrases. School of Oriental…
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NP-internal structure and the distribution of adjectives in Mə̀dʉ́mbὰ
This article discusses the structural and internal properties of adjectives in Mə̀dʉ́mbὰ, a Grassfield language spoken in the west region of Cameroon. It focuses on material inside the NP with a view towards establishing the structural positions of NP-internal constituents such as adjectives. I analyze adjectives and propose, following Scott, Gary-John. 1998. Stacked adjectival modification and the structure of nominal phrases. School of Oriental…
Focus Fronting in a Language with In Situ Marking: The Case of Mǝ̀dʉ́mbà
This paper discusses the structural realisation of contrastive focus in the Grassfields Bantu language Bamileke Mǝ̀dʉ́mbà, yet another language with grammatically optional focus fronting. We show that the realisation of contrastive focus in Mǝ̀dʉ́mbà is by default marked in situ with the morphological focus marker á. We further show that á introduces an additional, not-at-issue exhaustivity inference as part of its lexical meaning. Taken together…
Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Adjective (1 works) · Adverbial (1 works) · Attributive (1 works) · Focus (optics (1 works) · In situ (1 works) · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition (1 works)