Bochnak, RyanMartinović, Martina2024-03-192024-03-192019-10-28https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3520583https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/896https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/849https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/849https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/849In this paper, we discuss the interpretation of the past temporal marker oon in Wolof (Niger-Congo; Senegal), in light of recent claims in the literature regarding its status as a so-called “discontinuous past.” We show that the cessation inference associated with oon is a conversational implicature. Thus, oon can receive an analysis as a plain semantic past tense.Wolofpast tensemarkersrecent literature