Adverbial and Argument-Doubling Clauses in Cree - MSpace

not just those with Wh-phrases as in (95). This containing NP is CO-indexed with a
pronominal argument in the matrix verb. This CO-indexing relationship is possible with
both TA and TI verbs as illustrated in (97) and (98)..
An example of the linking relationship between an argument in a TA verb and the
NP containing an A-doubling clause is given in (97). In this sentence, the subject pro of
the subordinate verb éh-waycnuiyit 'she(obv) goes outside' is CO-indexed with the A-
doubling NP iskwëwah 'woman'. This nominal is sitting inside the containing NP, but
outside of the subordinate clause. The index of iskwêwah percolates to the NP which
contains the nominal and the subordinate clauseso. This complex NP is in tum, linked to
the object pro in the matrix verb wtipnmhv 'he sees her.' All of these constituents are
marked in the representation with a subscnpted 'j'.
(97) kîtahtawê wâpamêw [, iskwêwah [, Op êh-wayawiyit]], ...
presently see S. o.-TA-(3-3') woman-3' cj-go out side-AI-3'
'Presently he saw a woman corne out of her lodge,.. .'
(P:70-03)
presentb see. TA-(3-3 3 womrnt-3' *go. ort tside. Al-3'
'Presently he saw her, it was a woman that came out of her lodge.'
We now turn to an example where the containing NP does not have any overt
nominal material, only a subordinate clause. Recall that in section 5.4.3 on relative
clauses, 1 argued that a nominal containing a subordinate clause d l receives its nominal
This follows under X-bar theos: where the indes of the head of a projection always petcolates to its
ma.simsil projection.