This dissertation concerns itself with the applicative morpheme, often analyzed as a valency-
increasing morpheme which licenses an additional object to the argument structure of a …

This dissertation first addresses various shortcomings in definitions of “applicative” when
compared to what is actually found across languages. It then proposes a four-way distinction …

This paper investigates the interaction of verb class and the locative applicative in
Kinyarwanda (Bantu; Rwanda). Previous analyses of applicative morphology have focused …

This paper investigates the syntax–semantics interface within the domain of the realization
of applied objects in Bantu languages, and I argue that the syntactic structure and semantic …

Mismatches in the morphosyntactic features of controllers and targets in the Eleme
(Ogonoid, Niger-Congo) participant reference system allow for a subject agreement …

Baan is an Ogonoid language within the Delta Cross language family of the Benue-Congo
sub-phylum spoken in Tai local government area of Rivers state, Nigeria. Although Baan is a …