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1 online resource |
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Oxford studies of endangered languages |
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Oxford studies of endangered languages.
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| Contents |
Cover; The Clause-Typing System of Plains Cree: Indexicality, Anaphoricity, and Contrast; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; General Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations and Symbols; Abbreviations; Symbols; 1: Introduction: indexical versusanaphoric clauses; 1.1 Context of the research; 1.1.1 Clause-typing; 1.1.2 Indexical expressions; 1.1.3 Anaphoric expressions; 1.1.4 Linguistics subfields: typology, discourse, and Algonquian languages; 1.2 Methodology: data collection and presentation; 1.3 Plains Cree terminology |
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2: Mapping indexical and anaphoric CPs onto Plains Cree's morphosyntax2.1 CP structure in Plains Cree verbal complexes; 2.1.1 Ordering properties; 2.1.2 Peripheral agreement diagnoses CPs; 2.1.3 Clause-typing indicates CP structure; 2.1.4 Pronominal proclitics are incompatible with clause-typing proclitics; 2.1.5 Interim summary: verbal complexes have CP structure; 2.2 Diagnosing C vs. spec, CP; 2.2.1 Selection of complement; 2.2.2 Substitution (does not) determine distribution; 2.2.3 The significance of non-overtness; 2.2.4 Interim summary |
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3.2.1 Temporal deixis: relating reference time to speech time3.2.2 Referential deixis: a speaker origo in indexical clauses; 3.3 Indexical clauses define root spans; 3.3.1 Linguistic identification of Plains Cree spans; 3.3.2 What motivates root spans?; 3.3.2.1 Spans in experiential narrative; 3.3.2.2 Spans in non-experiential narrative; 3.3.2.3 Switching between modes; 4: Anaphoric clauses: Plains Cree's conjunct order; 4.1 The structural context of anaphoric clauses; 4.1.1 Anaphoric clauses are subject to precedence and/or c-command |
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4.1.2 Long-distance precedence of antecedent for anaphoric clauses4.1.3 Anaphoric dependencies in anaphoric clauses; 4.2 The semantic context of anaphoric clauses; 4.2.1 Anaphoric kî-; 4.2.2 Anaphoric origos; 4.3 The cross-linguistic typology of anaphoric clauses; 4.3.1 Chained clauses are anaphoric clauses; 4.3.2 English modally subordinated clauses are anaphoric clauses; 5: A syntactic classification of anaphoric clauses; 5.1 Chained clauses are excluded; 5.1.1 Linear precedence; 5.1.2 Ability to be a matrix clause based on morphosyntax; 5.1.3 Prosodification |
| Summary |
This volume examines sentence structure in Plains Cree, an Algonquian language of western Canada. Its detailed discussion of the typologically significant syntactic and semantic properties of Plains Cree makes it a valuable resource for those already familiar with this language family and to the wider field of language typology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English and Cree |
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Online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 28, 2014) |
| Subject |
Cree language -- Clauses
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780191747939 |
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0191747939 |
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