Francis O. Egbokhare

List of John Benjamins publications for which Francis O. Egbokhare plays a role.

Articles

Schaefer, Ronald P. and Francis O. Egbokhare 2022 Chapter 11. Constraints constrained: Equipollent verb constructions in EmaiNeglected Aspects of Motion-Event Description: Deixis, asymmetries, constructions, Sarda, Laure and Benjamin Fagard (eds.), pp. 235–256 | Chapter
We investigate the framing typology for motion events initiated by Talmy (1985, 2000) relative to predications in Emai from West Benue Congo. We concentrate on Path, which appears either in a satellite or a verb. Two main framing patterns emerge. With a Cause co-event verb, Path lexicalizes in a… read more
Schaefer, Ronald P. and Francis O. Egbokhare 2015 Aspectual and storyline tension in Emai’s (Edoid) narrative templateBeyond Aspect: The expression of discourse functions in African languages, Payne, Doris L. and Shahar Shirtz (eds.), pp. 287–314 | Article
We examine aspect usage in an aetiological narrative of southern Nigeria’s Emai people. This follows a brief overview of Emai tonal and segmental aspectual categories. A privileged role emerges for the Past Perfect, as it codes the majority of main event line clauses. Nonetheless, a striking… read more
Schaefer, Ronald P. and Francis O. Egbokhare 2015 Archaeological inspiration and historical inference: Directions for Edoid linguistic studiesLanguage Documentation and Endangerment in Africa, Essegbey, James, Brent Henderson and Fiona Mc Laughlin (eds.), pp. 253–276 | Article
This paper highlights potential historical inferences one can draw about economic lifestyle from lexical patterns of the Edoid speaking Emai people. The selected inferences derive from the complementary use of morphology in the coding of basic categories of Emai foodstuffs. While plant and animal… read more
Schaefer, Ronald P. and Francis O. Egbokhare 2010 Topic and focus construction asymmetryThe Expression of Information Structure: A documentation of its diversity across Africa, Fiedler, Ines and Anne Schwarz (eds.), pp. 261–286 | Article
This paper compares and contrasts key constituents of topic and focus constructions in the Benue-Congo language Emai. It examines the grammatical character of topic and focus positions, their associated main clauses and the resumptive function relating them. Relative to these three constituents,… read more
Schaefer, Ronald P. and Francis O. Egbokhare 2006 Toward a typological perspective for Emai’s BE constructions.Studies in African Linguistic Typology, Voeltz, F.K. Erhard (ed.), pp. 377–396 | Article
Egbokhare, Francis O. 2001 Phonosemantic correspondences in Emai attributive ideophonesIdeophones, Voeltz, F.K. Erhard and Christa Kilian-Hatz (eds.), pp. 87–96 | Article
Schaefer, Ronald P. and Francis O. Egbokhare 1993 On the typological character of property concepts in EmaiTopics in African Linguistics: Papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990, Mufwene, Salikoko S. and Lioba Moshi (eds.), pp. 159 ff. | Article