Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Pedagogical Guide to The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar
- Introduction
- Part One Overview
- Part Two Topics in RRG: Simple Sentences
- Part Three Topics in RRG: Complex Sentences
- 13 The Structure and Semantics of Complex Sentences
- 14 Linking Syntax and Semantics in Adverbial (Adjoined) Clauses
- 15 Cleft Sentences and Relative Clauses
- 16 Extraction Restrictions in Complex Sentences
- Part Four Applications of RRG
- Part Five Grammatical Sketches
- Index
- References
15 - Cleft Sentences and Relative Clauses
from Part Three - Topics in RRG: Complex Sentences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Pedagogical Guide to The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar
- Introduction
- Part One Overview
- Part Two Topics in RRG: Simple Sentences
- Part Three Topics in RRG: Complex Sentences
- 13 The Structure and Semantics of Complex Sentences
- 14 Linking Syntax and Semantics in Adverbial (Adjoined) Clauses
- 15 Cleft Sentences and Relative Clauses
- 16 Extraction Restrictions in Complex Sentences
- Part Four Applications of RRG
- Part Five Grammatical Sketches
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter proposes a Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) analysis of externally and internally headed relative clauses, free relatives, non-restrictive relatives, and it-cleft sentences. Particular emphasis is placed on the interface properties of these constructions and the challenges that they pose in the syntax–semantics and semantics–syntax linking. The chapter also reflects on the similarities and differences between relatives and clefts.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar , pp. 591 - 615Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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