CP and clause type in Passamaquoddy
Peter Grishin
August 2024 

[NEW TITLE: Clause size, cross-clausal dependencies, and the left periphery] I investigate the interaction of Ā movement, long-distance agreement (LDA), and clause type in Passamaquoddy (Eastern Algonquian) as a lens into the structure of the left periphery. I make the novel observation that we must distinguish at least three kinds of LDA patterns in the language: (i) LDA into complements of verbs like 'kocicihtun ‘know’ (which I call "epistemic complements"), which is generally free (subject only to Ā locality), but is restricted to the wh DP under long-distance wh movement; (ii) LDA into direct perception complements, which is always free, even when long-distance wh-moving a DP; and (iii) LDA into complements of verbs like 'pawatomon ‘want’ (which we can call "subordinative complements", as they feature verbs inflected in the subordinative verbal paradigm), which is always subject to A locality, even when long-distance wh-moving a DP. I propose that these three patterns arise from independently-diagnosable differences in clause size: epistemic complements are full, phasal CPs, direct perception complements are reduced, nonphasal CPs, and subordinative complements are (nonphasal) bare TPs.

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Reference:	lingbuzz/007813 (please use that when you cite this article)
Published in:	Accepted at Canadian Journal of Linguistics
keywords:	long-distance agreement, clause size, clausal complementation, clause typing, a bar movement, wh movement, left periphery, multitasking, passamaquoddy, wolastoqey, algonquian, syntax
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