This dissertation develops a formal and psycholinguistic theory of person-based prominence
effects, the finding that certain categories of person such as" first" and" second"(the" local" …

… The possibility that we explore here is that person-based prominence rankings are used …
system prioritizes interpretations where the person-based prominence scale is aligned with with …

… Index the person/number of the argument that is highest ranked on the Person-Based
Prominence Hierarchy. If two arguments are equally ranked and a portmanteau form is available, …

… Ojibwe shows person-like distinctions based on whether an entity is living or nonliving (ie
animacy) and, within living things, whether a being is prominent or … and obviation in Ojibwe, the …

… This variety of Ojibwe shows alternations between … Ojibwe as a configurational language,
and is shown to capture variation in agreement and word order in various corners of Ojibwe …

This paper examines and documents the various types of jussive constructions occurring in
Ojibwe, an endangered Algonquian language of North America. A jussive is a type of …

… Languages with a syntactic inverse, where more prominent DPs undergo A-movement to a
syntactic position above the less prominent DP in the clause, will show Highest-Ranked LDA, …

… in Border Lakes Ojibwe (Central Algonquian). This variety of Ojibwe shows a previously
unexamined alternation between VOS and VSO word orders. I argue that V1 in Ojibwe is the …

… voice probe’ has a set of ordered features to check, which are in turn governed by the ‘Ojibwe
person feature geometry’. Both stipulate that second person is at the top of the relevant list. …

… The next clause of the P-constraint, P-prominence, encodes the fundamental distinction … ]
and so are both eligible to satisfy P-prominence. It is possible that there are languages that do …