Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is the conjoint/disjoint alternation? Parameters of crosslinguistic variation -- 3. Locating the Bantu conjoint/disjoint alternation in a typology of focus marking -- 4. Disentangling conjoint, disjoint, metatony, tone cases, augments, prosody, and focus in Bantu -- 5. Shangaji paired tenses: Emergence of a cj/dj system? -- 6. The Kikuyu focus marker nĩ: Formal and functional similarities to the conjoint/disjoint alternation -- 7. Conjoint and disjoint verb forms in Gur? Evidence from Yom -- 8. The conjoint/disjoint distinction in the tonal morphology of Tswana -- 9. The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Símákonde -- 10. The conjoint/disjoint alternation and phonological phrasing in Bemba -- 11. Prosodic evidence for syntactic phrasing in Zulu -- 12. Prosody/syntax mismatches in the Zulu conjoint/disjoint alternation -- 13. The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Kinyarwanda -- 14. The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Kirundi (JD62): A case for its abolition -- 15. Conjoint/disjoint distinction and focus in Matengo (N13) -- Language index -- Subject index