This chapter investigates the Gungbe nominal system. Based on the head-initial hypothesis, it proposes an analysis of the Gungbe D-system, where the specificity marker encodes D° and the number marker realizes Num°. Under the split-D hypothesis, it is suggested that these two functional heads project within the D-system as the nominal left periphery. Like certain Gungbe left peripheral markers, the specificity and number markers occur to the right edge because they force movement on their complement to their specifier positions.
Keywords: Gungbe nominal system, Gungbe D-system, syntax, nominal expression