Abstract In this paper, we propose a reassessment of Wolof noun morphology and morphosyntax. Wolof is usually said to possess a total of 10 noun classes (8 for the singular, 2 for the plural), marked today exclusively on agreement targets. We provide evidence that two more plural noun classes must be recognized, which have so far been misinterpreted as “collective” rather than plural: the evidence we provide is morphosyntactic (from verb agreement) as well as morphological (from class-related asymmetries in the paradigm of the indefinite article). As for method, the main thrust of the paper consists in showing that an accurate analysis of the Wolof data must make use of the three distinct notions “noun class”, “inflectional class” and “agreement class” (or gender). Under the analysis defended here, Wolof turns out to have a fairly complex gender system, featuring 17 distinct gender values. Our analysis – and especially the discussion of Wolof so-called “collectives” – also bears on the general theoretical issue of how to establish the values of the number category.

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沃洛夫语的名词分类和语法性别

摘要本文提出了对Wolof名词形态和形态语法的重新评估。通常，Wolof通常拥有总共10个名词类（单数形式为8个，复数形式为2个），今天专门标记了协议对象。我们提供的证据表明，必须再识别两个以上的复数名词类别，到目前为止，它们被误解为“集体”而不是复数形式：我们提供的证据是形态句法上的（来自动词一致）以及形态学上的（来自类中与类别相关的不对称性）不定冠词的范例）。至于方法，本文的主要目的在于表明对Wolof数据的准确分析必须利用三个不同的概念“名词等级”，“屈折等级”和“协议等级”（或性别）。根据这里辩护的分析，事实证明，沃洛夫（Wolof）具有相当复杂的性别体系，具有17种不同的性别价值观。我们的分析，尤其是对Wolof所谓的“集体”的讨论，也涉及如何确定数字类别的值的一般理论问题。