Cameroon

List of tables……3. Abbreviations….4. Acknowledgements………5. 1. Introduction ........6, 1.1 Language Classification and relation to neighbouring languages.....6, 1.2 Background to previous linguistic work........6, 1.3 The people of Bambalang .....7. 2. The Noun ........8, 2.1 Morphological Structure of the Noun ........8, 2.2 Noun classes ...10, 2.2.1 Singular noun classes .....11, 2.2.2 Plural noun classes ..12, 2.3 Gender........14, 2.4 Agreement ...16. 3. The Noun Phrase........18, 3.1 Structure of the noun phrase ......18, 3.2 Noun Phrase Modifiers ....18, 3.2.1 Demonstratives......19, 3.2.2 The anaphoric demonstratives ......22, 3.2.3 Possessives ......24, 3.2.4 Adjectives.....27 3.2.5 Numerals.......29, 3.2.6 Relative Clauses ......30, 3.3 Negation in the Noun Phrase ...33, 3.4 The Associative Noun Phrase....34, 3.5 Pronouns ....38 3.5.1 Subject pronouns.....38, 3.5.2 Direct Object Pronouns ......39, 3.5.3 Indirect object pronouns ......40, 3.5.5 Emphatic pronouns .....41, 3.5.6 Compound pronouns .....41, 3.6 Co-ordination.....44, 3.6.1 Co-ordination of Noun Phrases.......44, 3.6.2 Co-ordination of pronoun and noun phrase........45, 4. Locatives ..46, 4.1 Locative tone marking on certain nouns ....46, 4.2 Other Locative markers......47, 4.3 Locative Pronouns ......48, 5. The Verb ....50, 5.1 Morphological structure of the verb ..50, 6. The Verb Phrase.....52, 6.1 Verb Tense.....53, 6.2 Aspect....56, 6.3 Mood ....58, 6.3.1 Hortatives......59, 6.3.2 Imperatives (commands) .........59, 6.4 Serial Verb Phrase ....60, 6.4.1 Direction .....61, 6.5 Auxiliary Verbs ...62, 6.6 Negation.......63, 6.6.1 Negation of statements......64, 6.6.2 Negation of hortatives......66, 6.6.3 Negation of commands......66, 7. Simple clauses ....67, 7.1 Simple clause structure.......67, 7.2 Interrogative sentences (questions)......68, 8. Conclusion and further research needs......70, Bibliography…….71.