Dr Jenneke van der Wal

Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

Dr Jenneke van der Wal

Position:
Research Associate, ReCoS Project
Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

Postal Address:
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages
University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Avenue
CAMBRIDGE CB3 9DA

Phone: (+44) (0)1223 760820
Fax: (+44) (0)1223 335062

Jenneke van der Wal is involved in the ERC project ‘Reconsidering Comparative Syntax’ where she is working on discourse configurationality. Her main research interests include Bantu languages, the interface between syntax and information structure, and synchronic and diachronic morphosyntax. Her dissertation studied word order and information structure in Makhuwa (a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique), and she has also worked on the conjoint and disjoint verb forms in southern and eastern Bantu languages, the link between Mauritian Creole and Mozambican Bantu languages (with Tonjes Veenstra), the fascinating functions of demonstratives in Makhuwa, grammaticalisation of focus constructions (with Maud Devos and Jacky Maniacky), and agreement in subject inversion.

Recent publications