The Verb in Akoose

Descriptive and theoretical perspectives

The Verb in Akoose : descriptive and theoretical perspectives discusses an aspect of grammar, namely the verb, in a narrow-Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. The book combines descriptive and theoretical perspectives, but it intends primarily to serve a theoretical purpose. The analysis illustrates how morphology interacts with syntax to trigger the movement of syntactic units (object shift and verb raising) in Akoose within the ambits of the Minimalist Program. This book also demonstrates the explanatory adequacy of the Minimalist Program over some earlier theories in the literature, notably Case Theory and Theta Theory.