The present study aims at examining the correlation between multilingualism and the construction of social identity in Dakar (Senegal). More specifically it studies how the inhabitants of Dakar construct social identities in relation to the languages they speak. I will try to de…
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This dissertation investigates Wolof Sufi oral narrative structure and its relationship with the context of production of the narratives. The findings of this study indicate that the structure of these narratives is characterized by (1) the salience of the complicating action, (…
This dissertation is a typologically informed, comparative study in the lexical semantics of stativity. The starting point is a tension between standard formal approaches and the cross-linguistic landscape. Formal frameworks commonly adopt on ontology with states, which function…
This work investigates the categorial system of noun classification in Seereer-Siin, a West Atlantic (Niger-Congo) language spoken in Senegal, West Africa. Based on a original corpus of data collected by the author in Fatick, Senegal, the study is a description and analysis of t…
Griots throughout West Africa have always been thought of first and foremost as “masters of the word,” known for their oratory skills, as singers, praisers, and keepers of oral history. In this dissertation, I show that the Wolof griot (ġewël) of Senegal is not primarily a verba…
Oral literature from Africa has been the focus of many scholarly works for a several decades. However, little interest has been given to the verbal of women. This dissertation puts the verbal art of women, and especially the songs performed at the wedding by women for women, at …