Abstract
“Raising out of CP” constructions, in which an argument of a finite embedded clause occurs in the matrix clause, have been found in several Austronesian languages. This paper shows that, in Amis, modal verbs (for example, can, should ) and aspectual adverbial verbs (for example, often, almost) can also introduce “raising out of CP” constructions. It also suggests that adverbial verb constructions led by a modal verb or aspectual adverbial (Mod-Asp AVC) display significant characteristics of prolepsis. A Mod-Asp AVC (i) takes a finite complement clause, (ii) loses idiomatic interpretation if idiomatic chunks are discontinuous, and (iii) is not always cognitively synonymous between “raised” and “non-raised” counterparts. These are the characteristics of prolepsis.
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