This chapter discusses some aspects of the Gungbe clause structure in terms of the split-I and split-C hypotheses. It is argued that each of so-called ‘I-features’ is the head of a maximal projection that projects within the I-system. The first section provides a general overview of the Gungbe preverbal markers. It is shown that the Gungbe preverbal markers are of two types: negation, tense, and aspect markers, which encode I-features (i.e., IP-markers), and the markers that manifest the left periphery and express C-features (i.e., CP-markers). The next section discusses the distribution and the syntactic function of the IP-markers in the Gungbe sentences. The chapter then discusses the Gungbe mood markers.
Keywords: Gungbe markers, split-I hypothesis, Gungbe tense, split-C hypothesis, mood markers, preverbal markers