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Description
Title
The Syntax and Placement of Wolof Clitics
Author(s)
Russell, Margaret A.
Issue Date
2006
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Benmamoun, Elabbas
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Linguistics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Language, Linguistics
Language
eng
Abstract
I propose that nominal and verbal clitics be positioned relative to both the CP and TP layers of clause structure, and that there are two independent types of clitics in Wolof (XP and X0). Both clitic types are ordered due to a property of T0, and are further positioned due to requirements of the C-domain. This analysis of nominal and verbal clitics also addresses issues such as the status of sentence-initial lexical subjects as topics, differences between syntactic topics and foci in Wolof, and how clitics are positioned in non-finite clauses.
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