Adverbial and Argument-Doubling Clauses in Cree - MSpace

Chapter 6
Conclusion and Further Consquences
6.1 A Summay of the Proposed Treatment for Cree Subordinate Clauses
The appeal to domains provides answers for many of the problems that have been
identified in this study. It answers the question of how clauses in a non-argumental
position can receive a 'complernent-like' interpretation. Demonstrated through referential
linking, an .4-doubling clause can form a chah with a pronominai argument in the rnatrix
verb, thereby creating a single domain which includes both the matrix and subordinate
clauses.
We achieve referential-linking by positing a relative clause structure for A-
doubling clauses. This structure is sirnilar to what is found for Wh-questions, which are
cleft constructions, comprised of a Wh-phrase and a relative clause. This treatrnent cm be
applied to A-doubling Wh-questions as well. By extending this analysis to include al1 A-
doubling clauses, we provide an NP which can be linked to the matrix pronominal
argment. We need a nominal to head the A-doubling clause, because pro (a nominal) can
only be CO-indexed with constituents of the same category, and therefore, not with CPs.
The fact that the verbal morphology of a transitive verb does not change regardless
of whether it appears with an A-doubling NP or an A-doubling clause is consistent with
this analysis. The mat& verb is aiways inflected for a pronominal argument, and that
pronominal argument is CO-indexed with an NP (either a simple noun, or an A-doubling
clause which has a relative clause structure).