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View article: What is going on and who is responsible? Scholarship on conflict on the Mambila Plateau. A response to Lenshie et al. 2021
What is going on and who is responsible? Scholarship on conflict on the Mambila Plateau. A response to Lenshie et al. 2021 Open
This is a response to Lenshie et al. (2021) paper in African Identities 'Ethnic groups across Nigeria – Cameroon border territories: contested autochthony and contentious ethnic identities in Mambilla Plateau, Nigeria'. We are concerned th…
View article: Intrinsic vowel pitch in Hamont Dutch: Evidence for If0 reduction in the lower pitch range
Intrinsic vowel pitch in Hamont Dutch: Evidence for If0 reduction in the lower pitch range Open
This study investigated Intrinsic Vowel Pitch (If0) in the Belgian Limburg dialect of Hamont. Its main aim was to investigate a potential correlation between If0 and f0, which has been attested in previous research, especially on contour t…
View article: Dense sampling of ethnic groups within African countries reveals fine-scale genetic structure and extensive historical admixture
Dense sampling of ethnic groups within African countries reveals fine-scale genetic structure and extensive historical admixture Open
Previous studies have highlighted how African genomes have been shaped by a complex series of historical events. Despite this, genome-wide data have only been obtained from a small proportion of present-day ethnolinguistic groups. By analy…
View article: The gender system of Durop
The gender system of Durop Open
This paper presents an analysis of grammatical gender and agreement in Durop, a language of the Upper Cross subgroup of Cross River. The data used are drawn from Kastelein (Kastelein, Bianca. 1994. A phonological and grammatical sketch of …
View article: Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)
Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria) Open
As a contribution to the more general discussion on causes of language endangerment and death, we describe the language ecologies of four related languages (Bà Mambila [mzk]/[mcu], Sombә (Somyev or Kila) [kgt], Oumyari Wawa [www], Njanga (…
View article: A Rare Deep-Rooting D0 African Y-Chromosomal Haplogroup and Its Implications for the Expansion of Modern Humans Out of Africa
A Rare Deep-Rooting D0 African Y-Chromosomal Haplogroup and Its Implications for the Expansion of Modern Humans Out of Africa Open
Humans expanded out of Africa 50,000-70,000 years ago, but many details of this migration are poorly understood. Here, Haber et al. sequence Y chromosomes belonging to a rare African lineage and analyze... Present-day humans outside Africa…
View article: Supplemental Material for Haber et al., 2019
Supplemental Material for Haber et al., 2019 Open
Figures S1, S2, and S3Table S1Table S2. Split-time estimates using the ρ statistic
View article: Another perspective on Bennett’s ‘Agreement, dependencies, and Surface Correspondence in Obolo and beyond’
Another perspective on Bennett’s ‘Agreement, dependencies, and Surface Correspondence in Obolo and beyond’ Open
Bennett (2014) presents an analysis of phonotactic restrictions on nasal consonants in Obolo [ann] within the confines of Optimality Theory (OT) and Surface Correspondence (SC). My intention here is not to challenge Bennett’s OT/SC view of…
View article: Open Review: Another perspective on Bennett’s (2014) ‘Agreement, dependencies, and Surface Correspondence in Obolo and beyond’
Open Review: Another perspective on Bennett’s (2014) ‘Agreement, dependencies, and Surface Correspondence in Obolo and beyond’ Open