TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction Samuel G. Obeng, Indiana University Christopher R. Green, Syracuse University Chapter 2 Vocalogenesis in (Central) Chadic languages H. Ekkehard Wolff, Emeritus Professor, Leipzig University Chapter 3 Nasality and the Gengbe syllable Samson Lotven, Indiana University / Samuel G. Obeng, Indiana University Chapter 4 A weight-based analysis of Jóola Eegimaa lenition Abbie E. Hantgan-Sonko Chapter 5 The morphophonology of nouns in Najamba (Dogon) Christopher R. Green, Syracuse University / Michael C. Dow, Université de Montréal Chapter 6 Semanticization of some phonological attributes in sound imitating words in Akan Seth A. Ofori, University of Ghana Chapter 7 Emai serial verb domains: Symmetrical and asymmetrical Ronald P. Schaefer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville / Francis O. Egbokhare, University of Ibadan Chapter 8 The null 3rd person object pronoun and the syntax of Akan Kofi K. Saah, University of Ghana Chapter 9 ‘To be’ and ‘not to be’ in Hausa: The question of grammar and communication Nina Pawlak, University of Warsaw Chapter 10 Paul Newman: The man and the scholar Roxana Ma Newman, Indiana University / Philip J. Jaggar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Eine weitere Festschrift zu Ehren Paul Newmans wurde im Jahr 2002 in unserem Programm veröffentlicht: „Chadic and Hausa Linguistics – Selected Papers of Paul Newman with Commentaries“, ISBN 978-3-89645-043-2.