Adverbial and Argument-Doubling Clauses in Cree - MSpace

If the matnx verb occurs with an A-doubling clause, e.g., ê-ati-kMrê11it câm 'that
John came home', a grammatical sentence result~,'~ as shown in (43).
(43) awa kimotisk pêhtawêw ôati-kîwênit cana.
this-3 thief-3 hear.TA-(3 -3') cj-go. home. AI-3' John-3'
'This thief heard John go home.'
@SI
Both constituents, the NP mihi alinwu 'that dog-3" and the clause ê-ati-kMnit
câna '(that)John go(went) home', can be linked to the matrix verb. However, when we
try to put both the A-doubling clause and the A-doubling NP with the single transitive
verb, as in (44), the sentence fails.
(44) * awa kimotisk pêhtawêw anihi atimwa ê-ati-kiwènit câna."
this thief-3 hear. TA-(33') that dog-3' cj-go. home. AI-3' John-3' @s)
This behaviour is expected under the analysis proposed. I have claimed that in
order to occur as an A-doubling expression, NPs and clauses must be r-linked with an
argument pro of matching feature content. If both of these constituents occur in a
sentence, and there are not enough arguments availableV2' the sentence is ungammatical,
It is recognized that this sentence is somewhat odd semantically, as the verb kîwê- 'to retum home' does
not inctude an audible component. This aside, the sentence is still acceptable grammatical!^. Note also
that this sentence is an elicited consüuction, and therefore less idiomatic than tehiai data.
It is important to point out that it is an Adoubling interpmation for the subordinate clause that is niled
out. Presumably this sentence is acceptable if the subrdinate clause reccives an adverbial reading- An
e.uample of such a sentence, containhg an Adoubling oven NP and an adverbial clause, is found in (77).
Either apparent arguments (identified by agreement morphology) or non-apparent (inhennt) arguments.