Adverbial and Argument-Doubling Clauses in Cree - MSpace

discourse prominence of each participant in the narrative. Furthemore, the speaker can
change the obviation status of the participants to suit a particular point in the discourse.
A proximate shift can occur between separate sentences. Within a sentence,
between a matrix verb and a subordinate clause, a proximate shift is subject to certain
restrictions. A proximate shiA cannot occur between an argument-doubling clause and
the matrix clause. The obviation status of a referent(s) must remain the same between the
matrix verb and the argument-doubling clause. If the subordinate clause is an adverbial
clause, however, a proximate shift is allowed between it and the matrix clause.
iii)
Extraction
Extraction also shows that there is a difference between A-doubling clauses and adverbial
clauses. Non-A-doubling clauses show a blanket prohibition on extraction. A-doubling
clauses. on the other hand, do permit extraction, providing there are no island effects
occurring for independent reasons.
The remainder of this chapter presents a description of the r-linking relationship
that exists between A-doubling clauses and an argument within the matrix verbal complex.
We will describe this relationship in terms of a chain, and discuss the implications that this
analysis creates. First, however, we will address adverbial clauses, which are not linked to
a matrix argument.