This volume investigates the clausal syntax of Wolof, an understudied Atlantic language of Senegal. The goals of the work are descriptive, analytical, and compa

This book explores person markers, the linguistic elements that provide points of reference to speech-act participants. Michael Cysouw develops a new framework

Wolof, an African language spoken primarily in Senegambia, has become a lingua franca. Using a non-linear framework, this book provides a phonology and morpholo