I am a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Linguistics at Yale University. My research focuses on the syntax and semantics of West African languages, with a particular interest in the morphosyntax and semantics of nominals expressions ((in)definiteness, number marking), and analytic TAM systems. Currently, I work primarily on Yorùbá, Igbo and Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE).
Explore: Morphosyntax Nominal Semantics
Upcoming Talks
- **2026, April 21-23** A Covert Atomization Account of Number in Yorùbá Bare Nominals. A poster presentation at GLOW48.
- **2026, May 21-23** A Partial Copy Deletion Account of Non-Agreeing Resumptive Pronouns in Yoruba. ACAL 57, Buffalo [with Ka Fai Yip]. **2026, May 21-23** Defending a quantifier-particle approach to Yorùbá exclusives. ACAL-57, Buffalo. [with [Ka Fai Yip](https://kafai-yip.github.io/)] </li>
Ongoing
- The Syntax of Degree/Intensifiers in Yorùbá: A First Attempt
- The Semantics of kan in Yorùbá: Indefinite or Specificity?
- On the Syntax of the High Tone Syllable in Yorùbá
2024
- On the Syntax of Yorùbá Splitting Verb Constructions (Accepted for publication)
- A Quantifier-Particle Approach to Exclusive Focus Particles in Yorùbá with Ka Fai Yip handout