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Journal of African Languages and Linguistics Volume 20, Number 1 (1999) Contents: Walter Bisang and Remi Sonaiya The functional motivation of the High Tone Syllable in Yoruba Michael Cahill Diphthongization in Konni: A Feature Geometry Account Katherine Demuth and Carolyn Harford Verb raising and subject inversion in Bantu relatives Book reviews Derek Gowlett Ethnographie des Sprachwechsels. Sozialer Wandel und Sprachverhalten bei den Yeyi (Botswana), by Gabriele Sommer Nicholas Faraclas The Kana Language, by Suanu M. Ikoro Francis Katamba Apercu sur les structures phonologiques des langues negro-africaines, by Denis Creissels John Stewart Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d'Afrique centrale, by Yves Monino Graham Furniss Die Kompositionstechnik der Hausa Saengerpoeten: Interrelation von Funktion und Form in einem Genre westafrikanischer Oralliteratur, by Bettina De Campos Richard J. Hayward Materialien zum Yemsa, by Marcello Lamberti Ines Fiedler Sprachen und Sprachzeugnisse in Afrika. Eine Sammlung philologischer Beitr\228ge. Wilhelm J.G. Moehlig zum 60. Geburtstag zugeeignet, by Thomas Geider and Raimund Kastenholz (eds.) Karim Traore Recits epiques des chasseurs Bamanan du Mali, by Annik Thoyer David Dwyer Nigerian Pidgin, by Nicholas G. Faraclas Ben O. Elugbe Gade-English Dictionary (including English-Gade Reference Dictionary and summary of Gade grammar), by Jan P. Sterk Published by Mouton de Gruyter, a division of Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG (VI.99) For subscription information please contact the publisher: Mouton de Gruyter Genthiner Str. 13 10785 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49 30 26005 222 e-mail: ordersMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuedegruyter.de Journals and titles published by Mouton de Gruyter can be ordered via World Wide Web at: http://www.degruyter.com