Abstract
Bloomfield (1928) has described what he calls a relational construction in Cree, a construction he claims is restricted to this Algonquian language only. The construction presents various problems which are addressed in this paper: Do relational suffixes increase the valency of verbs? How are relational verbs different from applicative verbs? In which contexts are relational verbs used? The East Cree data show that relational verbs do not license overt NP arguments in the syntax, that they are obligatory in disjoint reference contexts involving possession, that they are used to indicate the presence of third‐person discourse participants, and that they have a close relationship with the grammar of obviation.
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