Book contents
- The Syntax of Relative Clauses
- Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
- The Syntax of Relative Clauses
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Preliminaries
- 2 Deriving the Cross-Linguistically Attested Types of Restrictive and Maximalizing Relative Clauses from a Double-Headed Structure
- 3 Deriving the Other Types of Relative Clauses from a Double-Headed Structure
- 4 ‘Strategies’ for the Realization of the Internal Head
- 5 Some Residual Questions
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Possible Evidence for the Existence of Non-‘raising’ Derivations
- References
- Author Index
- Language Index
- Subject Index
3 - Deriving the Other Types of Relative Clauses from a Double-Headed Structure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2020
Book contents
- The Syntax of Relative Clauses
- Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
- The Syntax of Relative Clauses
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Preliminaries
- 2 Deriving the Cross-Linguistically Attested Types of Restrictive and Maximalizing Relative Clauses from a Double-Headed Structure
- 3 Deriving the Other Types of Relative Clauses from a Double-Headed Structure
- 4 ‘Strategies’ for the Realization of the Internal Head
- 5 Some Residual Questions
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Possible Evidence for the Existence of Non-‘raising’ Derivations
- References
- Author Index
- Language Index
- Subject Index
Summary
This chapter applies the double-Headed analysis to other types of relative clauses (nonrestrictive, kind-defining, infinitive, participial,ecc.) showing that the same configuration, modulo certain independent differences stemming from their different merge position, is appropriate to account for their properties.
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- The Syntax of Relative ClausesA Unified Analysis, pp. 143 - 241Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020