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Semantic and pragmatic functions in Plains Cree syntax
Wolvengrey, A.E.
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2011
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Wolvengrey, A. E. (2011). Semantic and pragmatic functions in Plains Cree syntax. LOT.
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List of Tables
Table 1.1 Plains Cree Consonants ... 10
Table 1.2 Plains Cree Phonemes as represented in the SRO ... 11
Table 1.3 Person Distinctions in Plains Cree ... 13
Table 1.4 Plains Cree Personal Pronouns ... 14
Table 1.5 Plains Cree Demonstrative Pronouns ... 17
Table 1.6 Algonquian Verb Classification ... 18
Table 1.7 Algonquian Verb Types ... 19
Table 1.8 Typological Word Order Variation ... 23
Table 1.9 Case-Marking Typology ... 27
Table 2.1 Possible Animate Person Interactions ... 54
Table 2.2 VTA Independent Order Mixed Set Direct Interactions ... 66
Table 2.3 VTA Independent Mixed Set Direct Morpheme Order ... 67
Table 2.4 VTA Independent Order Mixed Set Inverse Interactions ... 68
Table 2.5 VTA Independent Mixed Set Inverse Morpheme Order ... 69
Table 2.6 VTA Conjunct Order Mixed Set Direct Interactions ... 70
Table 2.7 VTA Conjunct Mixed Set Direct Morpheme Order ... 71
Table 2.8 VTA Conjunct Order Mixed Set Inverse Interactions ... 72
Table 2.9 VTA Conjunct Mixed Set Inverse Morpheme Order ... 72
Table 2.10 VTA Imperative Order Mixed Set Interactions ... 73
Table 2.11 VTA Imperative Mixed Set Morpheme Order ... 74
Table 2.12 VTA Independent Order Third Person Set Direct Interactions ... 76
Table 2.13 VTA Independent Third Person Set Direct Morpheme Order ... 76
Table 2.14 VTA Independent Order Third Person Set Inverse Interactions ... 78
Table 2.15 VTA Independent Third Person Set Inverse Morpheme Order ... 78
Table 2.16 VTA Conjunct Order Third Person Set Direct Interactions ... 79
Table 2.17 VTA Conjunct Third Person Set Direct Morpheme Order ... 79
Table 2.18 VTA Conjunct Order Third Person Set Inverse Interactions ... 80
Table 2.19 VTA Conjunct Third Person Set Inverse Morpheme Order ... 80
Table 2.20 VTA Independent Order Local Set Direct Interactions ... 81
Table 2.21 VTA Independent Local Set Direct Morpheme Order ... 82
Table 2.22 VTA Independent Order Local Set Inverse Interactions ... 83
Table 2.23 VTA Independent Local Set Inverse Morpheme Order ... 83
Table 2.24 VTA Conjunct Order Local Set Direct Interactions ... 84
Table 2.25 VTA Conjunct Local Set Direct Morpheme Order ... 84
Table 2.26 VTA Conjunct Order Local Set Inverse Interactions ... 84
Table 2.27 VTA Conjunct Local Set Inverse Morpheme Order ... 84
Table 2.28 VTA Imperative Order Local Set Interactions ... 85
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Table 2.30 VTA Independent Order Mixed and Third Person Set
Inanimate Actor Interactions ... 102
Table 2.31 Independent Inanimate Actor Morphemes ... 103
Table 2.32 VTA Conjunct Order Mixed and Third Person Set Inanimate Actor Interactions ... 103
Table 2.33 Conjunct Inanimate Actor Morphemes ... 104
Table 2.34 Algonquian Verb Classification ... 107
Table 2.35 VII Independent Order, Indicative Mode ... 109
Table 2.36 VII Independent Morpheme Order ... 109
Table 2.37 VII Conjunct Order, Indicative Mode ... 109
Table 2.38 VII Conjunct Morpheme Order ... 110
Table 2.39 VAI Independent Order, Indicative Mode ... 111
Table 2.40 VAI Independent Morpheme Order ... 111
Table 2.41 VAI Conjunct Order, Indicative Mode ... 112
Table 2.42 VAI Conjunct Morpheme Order ... 112
Table 2.43 VAI Imperative Order ... 113
Table 2.44 VAI Imperative Morpheme Order ... 113
Table 2.45 VTI Independent Order, Indicative Mode ... 115
Table 2.46 VTI Conjunct Order, Indicative Mode ... 115
Table 2.47 VTI Imperative Order ... 116
Table 2.48 VTA Independent Order Mixed and Third Person Set Reflexives .. 118
Table 2.49 VTA Reflexive Morpheme Order ... 119
Table 2.50 VTI Inflectional Analysis #1: Wolfart (1973) and Ahenakew (1987a) ... 126
Table 2.51 Third Person Verbal Cross-Reference ... 127
Table 2.52 VTI Inflectional Analysis #2: Okimāsis and Ratt (1984, 1999) ... 129
Table 2.53 Select VAI and VTI class 1 Similarities ... 131
Table 2.54 Select VAI and VTI class 1 Differences ... 131
Table 2.55 VTI Class 1 ... 133
Table 2.56 VTI Class 2 ... 139
Table 2.57 VAI Class 2 ... 142
Table 2.58 Cree Transitivity-based VAI and VTI Classification ... 144
Table 2.59 VII Independent Order, Impersonal Verb ... 151
Table 2.60 VII Conjunct Order, Impersonal Verb ... 151
Table 2.61 Cree Morphologically-based Verb Subclasses ... 155
Table 2.62 V1 Subclass Independent Endings ... 156
Table 2.63 V1 Subclass Conjunct Endings ... 156
Table 2.64 V1 Subclass Imperative Endings ... 157
Table 2.65 VTA Independent Order Unspecified Actor ... 164
Table 2.66 VTA Conjunct Order Unspecified Actor ... 164
Table 2.67 Traditional Classification and Cree Verbal Participants ... 169
Table 2.68 The Importance of Animate Participants in Cree Verbal Morphology ... 170
Table 4.1 Word Order of Core Monotransitive Constituents in the HP Texts ... 202
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Table 4.2 Overt and Covert Monotransitive First Arguments
in the HP Texts ... 203
Table 4.3 Overt and Covert Monotransitive Second Arguments in the HP Texts... 204
Table 4.4 Overt and Covert Intransitive Sole Arguments in the HP Texts ... 204
Table 4.5 Plains Cree Additive-Focal Pronouns ... 208
Table 4.6 Postverbal Constituent Order and Function ... 240
Table 5.1 Form and Function of Plains Cree Relative Roots ... 227-248 Table 5.2 Preliminary Preverbal Constituent Order and Function ... 300
Table 6.1 Template 1 Pragmatic Word Order and Function ... 336
Table 6.2 Template 2 Pragmatic Word Order and Function ... 337
Table 6.3 Extra-Clausal Constituents and Functions ... 365
Table 6.4 PI Constituents and Functions ... 366
Table 6.5 PM Constituents and Functions ... 367
