Adverbial and Argument-Doubling Clauses in Cree - MSpace

NP cm be understood to be refemng to a featureless nominal meaning sometbg like 'the
fact that.' An example, with the r-linking relationships spelled out follows in (99).
(99) nimiywêyihtên IsT [cp Op ê-sipwêhtêt]].
1 -be.glad.about.it.TI-( 1 -inan) cj-leave. Ab3
' 1 am glad that he is gone. ' (P: 126-25)
pro,-Nmiywêyiht ên-pyi [yj pro, [, Op prok-ê-si pwêhtêt]] .
1-be.gi~d abottt. it. TI-('l-ina,>) cj-ieuve. Al-3
'1 am glad (about it), (the fact) that he is gone.'
Thus, with a Ti verb, the only r-linkage between the matrix verb and the A-
doubling clause is between the containing NP and the inanimate pro object of the matrix
verb. It can be seen in the above example that the subordinate argument prok is not CO-
indexed with anything; it has no link to the matrix clause.
The im~ortant points of this section have been as follows. Both adverbial and
argument-doubling clauses are in non-argument positions. Argument-doubling clauses are
constmed with a pronominal argument in the matrix verbal complex, and this is formally
represented as referential-linking. In order to r-link the A-doubling clause with a matrix
pro, 1 have proposed that A-doubling clauses be treated as relative clauses, in line with the
standard treatment of (indirect) Wh-questions. This allows the CP to be placed inside a
larger containing NP, which, being of like categories, can be linked to the pronominal
argument.