Catherine N Ball
Biographic Data
| ID | 742658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine N Ball |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine N |
| FAMILY NAME | Ball |
| SIGNATURE | BALL C N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Walter A. Cook, S. J. (1922–1999)
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A diachronic study of relative markers in spoken and written English
Although English relative clauses have been the subject of considerable research, few quantitative studies have traced their development over an extended period of time. The present study focuses on factors governing the choice of relative markers in restrictive relative clauses with relativized subjects from the 16th century to the present day, using both spoken and written data, and including non-standard and regional varieties. The study exami…
Relative pronouns in it -clefts: The last seven centuries
It has often been claimed that it -cleft complements differ syntactically from restrictive relative clauses. Alleged differences in the distribution and relative frequency of wh -forms in the two clause types are generally offered to support this view, but such claims have not been empirically verified. In this study, we examine synchronic and diachronic data for clefts and relative clauses and show that the major claims are unsupported. The diac…
The origins of the informative-presupposition it-cleft
A diachronic study of relative markers in spoken and written English
Although English relative clauses have been the subject of considerable research, few quantitative studies have traced their development over an extended period of time. The present study focuses on factors governing the choice of relative markers in restrictive relative clauses with relativized subjects from the 16th century to the present day, using both spoken and written data, and including non-standard and regional varieties. The study exami…
Relative pronouns in it -clefts: The last seven centuries
It has often been claimed that it -cleft complements differ syntactically from restrictive relative clauses. Alleged differences in the distribution and relative frequency of wh -forms in the two clause types are generally offered to support this view, but such claims have not been empirically verified. In this study, we examine synchronic and diachronic data for clefts and relative clauses and show that the major claims are unsupported. The diac…
The origins of the informative-presupposition it-cleft
Relative pronouns in it -clefts: The last seven centuries
It has often been claimed that it -cleft complements differ syntactically from restrictive relative clauses. Alleged differences in the distribution and relative frequency of wh -forms in the two clause types are generally offered to support this view, but such claims have not been empirically verified. In this study, we examine synchronic and diachronic data for clefts and relative clauses and show that the major claims are unsupported. The diac…
The origins of the informative-presupposition it-cleft
A diachronic study of relative markers in spoken and written English
Although English relative clauses have been the subject of considerable research, few quantitative studies have traced their development over an extended period of time. The present study focuses on factors governing the choice of relative markers in restrictive relative clauses with relativized subjects from the 16th century to the present day, using both spoken and written data, and including non-standard and regional varieties. The study exami…
Walter A. Cook, S. J. (1922–1999)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
History (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Frequency (2 works) · History (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Relative clause (2 works)