Echo Pronominalization and Complementation in Lakota

The functional domain of complementation breeds a vast spectrum of construction types. This structural diversification concerns, among other things, the coding of the notional subject of the complement clause. One coding option which invites further study within the functional-typological framework is echo pronominalization. In Lakota, the distribution of echo pronominalization relative to that of alternative coding strategies follows a clear-cut pattern. The continuum which emerges here correlates with a semantic scale that can be characterized in terms of varying degrees of participant involvement.