ACAL in SoCAL

This volume contains a selection of papers that were presented at the 53rd Annual Conference on African Linguistics which was held virtually at the University of California San Diego. There are 21 papers covering phonology morphology syntax lexical semantics sociolinguistics typology and historical linguistics. The volume features a keynote paper that proposes a novel community-based approach to language documentation. African languages investigated in detail include Wolof Mende Dangme Kusaal Nzema Anii Nigerian Pidgin Tunen Nyokon Vale Lokoya Lopit Otuho Kalenjin Tiriki Oromo Tigrinya Asá Qwadza and Ikalanga.