Adverbial and Argument-Doubling Clauses in Cree - MSpace

The NP is licensed through CO-indexation with the argument. The pro and the NP
can be seen as elements of a chah, which share the sarne features and thematic relation.
This CO-indexation is also called referential linking, or r-linking. Referentially linkbd
constituents have a common referent and identicai features. This includes person, number
and gender. An overt NP and an argument must also have the same obviation statu, in
order for the NP to be an A-doubling expression.
3.3.2.2 Oblique NPs
Co-indexation with a pronominal argument is not a requisite factor for an NP to occur in a
Cree sentence. An NP can also occur in a postpositional phrase. In this way, the NP is
said to be Iicensed by the postposition. The postpositions found in these phrases are
usually ohci ' from, with, etc. ' and iSi 'to, towards. ' Overt nominals may also be licensed
by a nominal sufix -îhk alone or in addition to a postposition". Oblique NPs are never
associated with subject or object roles (this is obvious since they cannot be CO-indexed
with the pronominal arguments), but occur as instruments, locations, sources and goals.
Examples of each of these roles are presented in (32a-d).
(32) Instrument
a. ohcahcipiyah ohci pakamahwêw.
his-bow-3' with hit.TA-(3-3')
'He stmck him with his bow.'
NPs with the t hemtic des of source, g d or location often occw with both the postpositon ohci ' from'
and the locative suffix -ihk on the oblique NP- At this point, 1 cannot offer an e~ilanation of this
p henomenon.