This paper presents a preliminary survey of foot-sensitive phenomena and foot structure
separate from prosodic prominence or classifications such as 'iambic'and 'trochaic'. It …

The foot is an intermediary domain between the syllable and prosodic word, and various
phonological and morphophonological phenomena can be accounted for by appealing to it …

This paper presents a detailed analysis of nasality in Dagbani, a Gur language of Ghana,
and the role it plays in Dagbani prosody. It demonstrates that the nasal is at the centre of …

Abstract This paper examines Coronal Assimilation in Dagbani, a Mabia language spoken
in the northern part of Ghana. Premised on the theory of Feature Geometry, the paper …

This paper investigates the relationship between social and phonetic motivations for
language change in Fang (Bantoid). While previous research has proposed that innovations …

This study examines how compounds can be distinguished from phrases in Kusaal, a Mabia
language spoken in the Upper East region of Ghana as well as two neighbouring countries …

One of the defining morphological properties of nouns and adjectives of Dagbani (a
Gur/Mabia language of northern Ghana) and related languages is the presence of suffixes …

Few studies have explored the relevance of metrical structures in segmental processes. This
paper shows that Dagbani (Gur, Ghana), has a prosodic word dominating a trochaic foot …

This paper analyses the discourse structure of the language of the timpani (a single-
membrane goblet-shaped drum) of the Dagomba. Using data from video recordings of …

The aim of this chapter is to discuss, analyze, and motivate patterns of phonological
variation in two dialects of Kusaal, a Mabia language spoken in north-eastern Ghana where …