INHALT: Michel Kenmonge: Dedication Pius W. Akumbu: Introduction Part 1: DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS Pius W. Akumbu: Noun class 9/10 tone in Central Ring Grassfields Bantu – An overview Diana Archangeli / Douglas Pulleyblank: What is length compensating for? A surface-based account of NC lengthening Esther P. Chie: Evidence for the existence of a phonological and an intonational domain in Babanki Hugues Carlos Gueche Fotso: Multiverb constructions and the homorganic nasal in Ndaʔndaʔ Guillaume Guitang: Personal pronoun encliticization in Masa Larry M. Hyman: Lusoga noun phrase tonology Roland Kießling: Salient features of the noun class system of Kung in a Ring perspective Patrick Mve / Nelson C. Tschonghongei / Pierpaolo Di Carlo / Jeff Good: Cultural distinctiveness and linguistic esoterogeny – The case of the Fang language of Lower Fungom, Cameroon Magdaline Bakume Nkongho: The semantic system of Proto Nyang noun classes Ousmanou: Sound symbolism in gender and number distinction in Masa Patricia Schneider-Zioga: On the licensing of nominals in Kinande Keith Snider: Long and short vowels in Chumburung – An instrumental comparison Emmanuel Tabah: Motivating metrical feet in Bezen Part 2: APPLIED AND SOCIO-LINGUISTICS Melvice Asohsi: Shifts in the ethno-linguistic construction of personal names in Bafut and inherent grammatical peculiarities Lydie Christelle Talla Makoudjou / Solange Mekamgoum: Exploring linguistic landscape as a teaching approach to language awareness in Cameroon’s secondary schools Edmond Ossoko: Animism in Mmaala proverbs and idioms Florence A. E. Tabe: Traditional religion in Manyu – Some sociolinguistic issues and relevance James N. Tasah: Language attrition and loss of indigenous knowledge – The case of some Form Three and Terminal students of GHS Domayo and GBHS Maroua Eunice Tita: A sociolinguistic analysis of Bali Nyonga magic lexis Part 3: SOCIALIZATION Emmanuel Ngué Um: Achieving sustainable language preservation through economic empowerment in endangered language settings in West Africa Kilian Tameh / Lilian Lem Atanga: Discourse analysis of HIV/AIDS drug adherence counselling sessions in the Bamenda Regional Hospital Philip Mutaka: Conveying the AIDS prevention message – A supplement to “Wish I had known” Curriculum Vitae of Ngessimo M. Mutaka Index