The clause structure of Wolof : insights into the left periphery / Harold Torrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torrence, Harold.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 198.

Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today (LA), 0166-0829 ; v. 198

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wolof language--Grammar.

Wolof language.

Wolof language--Clauses.

Wolof language--Syntax.

Structural linguistics--Senegal.

Structural linguistics.

Senegal--Languages.

Senegal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume investigates the clausal syntax of Wolof, an understudied Atlantic language of Senegal. The goals of the work are descriptive, analytical, and comparative, with a focus on the structure of the left periphery and left peripheral phenomena. The book includes detailed examination of the morpho-syntax of wh-questions, successive cyclicity, subject marking, relative clauses, topic/focus articulation, and complementizer agreement. Novel data from Wolof is used to evaluate and extend theoretical proposals concerning the structure of the Complementizer Phrase (CP) and Tense Phrase (TP). It

Contents:

The Clause Structure of Wolof; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introductory remarks on Wolof grammar; 1.1 Overview of the book; 1.2 Wolof in the Atlantic family and Senegambian group; 1.3 Wolof and Its dialects; 1.4 Previous work on Wolof; 1.5 Phonology; 1.5.1 Phonemic inventory and orthographic conventions; 1.5.2 Phonological processes; 1.5.3 Orthographic conventions; 1.6 Agreement; 1.7 Nouns and pronouns; 1.7.1 Nouns and noun class; 1.7.2 The determiner system of Wolof; 1.7.3 Object marking

1.8 Verb morphology1.9 Tense and aspect; Chapter 2. Clause types and clause structure; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Negation; 2.3 Clitic position; 2.4 Subject marking; 2.4.1 Overview of subject marking; 2.4.2 Cleft clause subject markers; 2.4.3 Strong pronouns; 2.4.4 Genitive subject markers; 2.4.5 Neutral na-clause subject markers; 2.4.6 Conclusions; Chapter 3. The Wolof left periphery; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Exploded CP; 3.3 Focus and emphasis in Wolof; 3.4 Topics; 3.5 The complementizer system; 3.5.1 Declarative clauses; 3.5.2 Yes/No questions; 3.5.3 Wh-questions; 3.6 The far left periphery

3.7 SummaryChapter 4. The structure of relative clauses; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Basics of Wolof relative clauses; 4.3 Raising properties of Wolof relative clauses; 4.3.1 Introduction; 4.3.2 Islands; 4.3.3 A Wolof-specific movement test; 4.3.4 Reconstruction effects; 4.4 Relative clause structure: The relative markers; 4.4.1 Analyzing the relative markers; 4.4.2 Distribution of the relative markers; 4.4.3 Tense and the relative markers; 4.4.4 Intermediate summary; 4.5 CP, D, and CP-raising; 4.5.1 Structures and dependencies; 4.5.2 The relation between D and C; 4.5.3 CP raising

4.5.4 Ideophones and CP raising4.5.5 Relative clauses and Wh-expressions; 4.6 Open issues: Indefinite relative clauses; 4.7 Summary; Chapter 5. Null nominals in Wolof and elsewhere; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The existence of null wh-expressions in Wolof; 5.3 Null and overt wh-expressions in Wolof; 5.4 Interpretation and identification of null and overt wh-expressions; 5.5 Movement properties of null and overt wh-expressions; 5.5.1 Introduction; 5.5.2 Null wh-expressions and islands; 5.5.3 Successive cyclic effects in movement; 5.5.4 A Wolof-specific movement diagnostic; 5.5.5 Superiority

5.5.6 Crossover5.5.7 Reconstruction effects; 5.6 A third type of wh-expression in Wolof; 5.7 Open issues with the relative markers; 5.8 Wolof null wh's in the typology of null wh-operators; 5.8.1 Introduction; 5.8.2 Wolof null nominals I: The locative ana construction; 5.8.3 Wolof null nominals II: Temporal clauses; 5.8.4 Topic drop in German; 5.8.5 Wh-drop in Dutch and Bavarian; 5.8.6 Norwegian; 5.9 Conclusions; Chapter 6. Complementizer agreement in Wolof and beyond; 6.1 Varieties of C-agreement; 6.2 A-agreement languages; 6.2.1 Germanic complementizer agreement; 6.2.2 Najdi Arabic

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781283970778

1283970775

9789027273017

9027273014

OCLC:

826856125