Harold Torrence
List of John Benjamins publications in which Harold Torrence is
involved.
Title
The Clause Structure of Wolof: Insights into the Left Periphery
Harold Torrence
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… read moreArticles
Duncan, Philip T., Harold Torrence and Pedro Mateo Pedro 2024
Indeterminate pronouns in Kaqchikel Linguistic Variation 24:1, pp. 116–163 | Article This paper investigates the morphology, syntax, and semantics of five non-interrogative constructions that involve wh-expressions in Kaqchikel, a Mayan language of the K’ichean branch spoken in Guatemala. We focus on the properties of maximal free relative clauses, existential free relative… read more Torrence, Harold 2013
The morphosyntax of wolof clefts: Structure and movement Cleft Structures, Hartmann, Katharina and Tonjes Veenstra (eds.), pp. 187–224 | Article This paper examines the structure and derivation of cleft clauses in the Atlantic language Wolof, which possesses distinct clefts for subjects and nonsubjects. I argue that the clefts are based on two syntactically distinct copular constructions. In the subject cleft, the copula occurs with a… read more 
