The Syntax of Relative Clauses

The Syntax of Relative Clauses
Title The Syntax of Relative Clauses PDF eBook
Author Guglielmo Cinque
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 415
Release 2020-09-24
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1108479707

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Drawing on a wide range of languages, Cinque argues that all relative clause types derive from a single, double-headed, structure.

The Syntax of Relative Clauses

The Syntax of Relative Clauses
Title The Syntax of Relative Clauses PDF eBook
Author Artemis Alexiadou
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 403
Release 2000-07-15
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027299234

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This book presents a cross-section of recent generative research into the syntax of relative clauses constructions. Most of the papers collected here react in some way to Kayne’s (1994) proposal to handle relative clauses in terms of determiner complementation and raising of the relativized nominal. The editors provide a thorough introduction of these proposals, their background and motivations, arguments for and against. There are detailed studies in the syntax and the semantics of relative clauses constructions in Latin, Ancient Greek, Romanian, Hindi, (Old) English, Old High German, (dialects of) Dutch, Turkish, Swedish, and Japanese. The book should be of interest to any linguist working within generative syntax.

The Syntax of Relative Clauses

The Syntax of Relative Clauses
Title The Syntax of Relative Clauses PDF eBook
Author Artemis Alexiadou
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 410
Release 2000-01-01
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9789027227539

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This book presents a cross-section of recent generative research into the syntax of relative clauses constructions. Most of the papers collected here react in some way to Kayne's (1994) proposal to handle relative clauses in terms of determiner complementation and raising of the relativized nominal. The editors provide a thorough introduction of these proposals, their background and motivations, arguments for and against. There are detailed studies in the syntax and the semantics of relative clauses constructions in Latin, Ancient Greek, Romanian, Hindi, (Old) English, Old High German, (dialects of) Dutch, Turkish, Swedish, and Japanese. The book should be of interest to any linguist working within generative syntax.

The Acquisition of Relative Clauses

The Acquisition of Relative Clauses
Title The Acquisition of Relative Clauses PDF eBook
Author Evan Kidd
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 253
Release 2011
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027234787

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Explaining the acquisition and processing of relative clauses has long challenged psycholinguistics researchers. The current volume presents a collection of chapters that consider the acquisition of relative clauses with a particular focus on function, typology, and language processing. A diverse range of theoretical approaches and languages are bought to bear on the acquisition of this construction type, making the volume unique in its coverage. The volume will appeal to students and scholars whose interest lies in the acquisition and processing of syntax with a particular focus on complex sentences in crosslinguistic and functionalist perspective.

The Syntax of Relativization

The Syntax of Relativization
Title The Syntax of Relativization PDF eBook
Author Mark de Vries
Publisher
Pages 500
Release 2002
Genre Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN

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Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas

Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas
Title Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas PDF eBook
Author Bernard Comrie
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 322
Release 2012
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 902720683X

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Patterns of relative clause formation tend to vary according to the typological properties of a language. Highly polysynthetic languages tend to have fully nominalized relative clauses and no relative pronouns, while other typologically diverse languages tend to have relative clauses which are similar to main or independent clauses. Languages of the Americas, with their rich genetic diversity, have all been under the influence of European languages, whether Spanish, English or Portuguese, a situation that may be expected to have influenced their grammatical patterns. The present volume focuses on two tasks: The first deals with the discussion of functional principles related to relative clause formation: diachrony and paths of grammaticalization, simplicity vs. complexity, and formalization of rules to capture semantic-syntactic correlations. The second provides a typological overview of relative clauses in nine different languages going from north to south in the Americas.

Relative Clauses in Time and Space

Relative Clauses in Time and Space
Title Relative Clauses in Time and Space PDF eBook
Author Rachel Hendery
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 295
Release 2012-07-18
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027273685

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This book presents a comprehensive survey of historically attested relative clause constructions from a diachronic typological perspective. Systematic integration of historical data and a typological approach demonstrates how typology and historical linguistics can each benefit from attention to the other. The diachronic behaviour of relative clauses is mapped across a broad range of genetically and geographically diverse languages. Central to the discussion is the strength of evidence for what have previously been claimed to be ‘natural’ or even ‘universal’ pathways of change. While many features of relative clause constructions are found to be remarkably stable over long periods of time, it is shown that language contact seems to be the crucial factor that does trigger change when it occurs. These results point to the importance of incorporating the effects of language contact into models of language change rather than viewing contact situations as exceptional. The findings of this study have implications for the definition of relative clauses, their syntactic structures and the relationships between the different ‘subtypes’ of this construction, as well as offering new directions for the integration of typological and historical linguistic research.