OBJθ Without OBJ: A Typology of Meskwaki Objects

Meskwaki exhibits a typologically unusual valence pattern in which certain two-place verbs subcategorize for a subject and an OBJθ but no OBJ. Verbs with the valence pattern of interest here are tested to show that their non-subject argument is OBJθ, not unrestricted OBJ, nor OBL. A brief survey of recent work on similar phenomena is presented in order to place Meskwaki in typological perspective.