Adverbial and Argument-Doubling Clauses in Cree - MSpace

syntactic phenomenon as being baned for any other nominal in the subordinate clause.
Examples (48) and (49) show matrix TA verbs which are infiected for an Mmate object,
which has the same features as the subject of an accompanying A-doubling clause. In
(48), the rnatrix TA verb kiskéyiim& 'he knows him' is inflected for a proximate singular
subject and an obviative object. The subordinate verb ê-nôhtëhkwas@it 'that s/he becarne
sleepy' has an obviative subject, indicated by the suffix -y& The subordinate subject and
the matrix object have the same referent, and share cornmon features of animate, third
person and obviative."
(48) ..., kiskêyimêw è-nôhtêhkwasiyit.
know . TA-(3 -3') cj-become. sleepy . Ai-3'
' . . . , he perceived that she was sleepy . '
(49) namoya Iüskèyimik ôhtiwiya 6-sipwéhtêt.
not know. TA-inv-(3'-3) 3 -fat her-3 ' cj-Ieave. AL3
'His father did not know that he had gone off' (P: 92-05)
In (49). the proximate singular subject of the animate intransitive subordinate verb é-
sip2hti1 'that hiprox) left' matches the object of the TA matrix verb krskiymik
'he(obv) did not know him(prox)'. Again, they refer to the same individual, and have
matching features of animate, third person, singular and proximate.
This section has discussed declarative A-doubling clauses, and descnbed the
copying-to-object construction. This construction has been considered to be a prominent
component of complement-like subordinate clauses (introduced by TA verbs). Copyins-
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ûbiation is number-indiaerent. This sentence an read 'He perceid that s/he/they btcame sleepy.'
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