Interpretive properties of perception verbs in Tiriki: Hyperraising and copy-raising

Tiriki allows hyperraising constructions, similar to many other Bantu languages
(Carstens & Diercks 2013, Halpert 2019). In this paper, we document a range of
nuanced interpretive properties that arise in parallel constructions in Tiriki
hyperraising and copy-raising contexts. We show that there are connectivity effects in
apparent copy-raising constructions, while those same constructions nonetheless
behave as if the matrix predicate assigns a thematic role to the matrix subject.
Assignment of a matrix thematic role to a subject is traditionally thought to be in
complementary distribution with movement from the embedded clause. Instead,
we suggest that all perception verbs assign thematic roles to their subjects, even
when those subjects move from an embedded position where they were already
assigned a first thematic role.