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Semantic and pragmatic functions in Plains Cree syntax
Wolvengrey, A.E.
Publication date
2011
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Wolvengrey, A. E. (2011). Semantic and pragmatic functions in Plains Cree syntax. LOT.
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1 Cree Language and Dialect Continuum ... 4
Figure 1.2 Algonquian Language Family ...7-8 Figure 1.3 Plains Cree Vowels ... 11
Figure 1.4 Word Formation Classification ... 23
Figure 1.5 Case-Marking Types ... 32
Figure 1.6 Identification of Participants in 1-, 2- and 3-Place Predications ... 35
Figure 1.7 Direct-Indirect versus Primary-Secondary Objects ... 35
Figure 2.1 Nominal Animacy Classification ... 56
Figure 2.2 VTA Paradigm Subsets ... 77
Figure 2.3 Traditional VTA Mixed Set Suffix Order ... 88
Figure 2.4 Revised VTA Mixed Set Suffix Order ... 88
Figure 2.5 Mixed Set Direct and Inverse ... 89
Figure 2.6 Hierarchical Disjunct Morphology in the VTA Direct ... 91
Figure 2.7 Third Person Set Direct and Inverse ... 95
Figure 2.8 Local Set Direct and Inverse ... 102
Figure 2.9 Speech Act Interaction ... 117
Figure 2.10 Direct-Inverse and the Algonquian Circle of Reference ... 118
Figure 2.11 Transitivity over Animacy ... 125
Figure 2.12 Animacy-based Nominal Classification ... 175
Figure 2.13 Animacy-based Verbal Classification ... 175
Figure 2.14 Cree Animacy-based Verb Classes ... 176
Figure 3.1 English and Plains Cree Voice ... 218
Figure 3.2 English and Cree Voice Example ... 218
