
The Syntax of Relative Clauses
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published on 15. July 2000
Book
Hardback
395 pages
978-1-55619-916-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
670 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-916-5 (9781556199165)
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Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin
Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin
Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin
Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin