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University of North Dakota MA Defense

A presentation and defense of my MA thesis — The noun class system of u̱t‑Maꞌin, a West Kainji language of Northwestern Nigeria .

Research on u̱t-Ma'in noun classes

A first look at the u̱t-Ma’in noun class system: noun affixes and agreement morphology. Includes preliminary insight regarding semantic criteria that are active in the morphological system.

The noun class system of u̱t‑Maꞌin, a West Kainji language of Northwestern Nigeria

A comprehensive overview of the noun class system of u̱t‑Maꞌin including the morphosyntax of the noun phrase and the use of both prefixes and suffixes on nouns and agreement targets. Targets include noun phrase modifiers, but not verbal indexation.

Nominalization and Auxiliaries in u̱t‑Maꞌin

A presentation of preliminary research on the use of nominal forms in u̱t‑Maꞌin auxiliary constructions.

u̱t‑Maꞌin SIL comparative African wordlist

Handwritten field notes from the elicitation of the SIL comparative African wordlist in u̱t‑MaꞌRor (1700 words).

Spider, Frog, and Chameleon

A creation genre narrative about which creature was the first to arrive on earth.