This book serves as a definitive reference for the inverse morphology of the Algonquian
languages, which has attracted much attention in typological and theoretical linguistics. Will …

This thesis proposes that there are two kinds of clauses: indexical clauses, which are
evaluated with respect to the speech situation; and anaphoric clauses, which are evaluated …

This thesis provides an analysis of wh-questions in Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree). The study is
done within the Principles and Parameters framework (Chomsky 1981, 1986, 1995). I argue …

This book explores the results of language contact in Michif, an endangered Canadian
language that is traditionally claimed to combine a French noun phrase with a Cree verb …

This dissertation examines phonology and its interface with morphology and/or syntax.
Current models diverge in terms of what phonology may reference in order to delimit …

This book offers detailed empirical coverage of the syntax and semantics of Plains Cree, an
Algonquian language of western Canada. It combines careful elicitation with corpus studies …

This thesis considers the reference system of Plains Cree, an Algonquian language spoken
in Canada. I argue that the referential system of this language can be understood as coding …

There have been several recent proposals that what appears to be object agreement is often—
or always—clitic doubling of the object instead (eg Arregi & Nevins 2008; Woolford 2008 …

Abstract Tima (Niger-Congo, Sudan) has two morphological means to express contrast:
focus marking and selective marking. We take the distribution of both marking options and …

This study presents the first investigation of the development of possessive constructions in
Northern East Cree, a polysynthetic language indigenous to Canada. It examines transcripts …