English relative clause constructions

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5773904
AutoresIvan A Sag (Stanford University, autor correspondente)
Ano1997
Volume33
Fascículo2
Páginas431-483
Data de publicação1997-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002222679700652x
OpenAlexW2011734523
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas86
Referências citadas10

This paper sketches a grammar of English relative clause constructions (including infinitival and reduced relatives) based on the notions of construction type and type constraints. Generalizations about dependency relations and clausal functions are factored into distinct dimensions contributing constraints to specific construction types in a multiple inheritance type hierarchy. The grammar presented here provides an account of extraction, pied piping and relative clause 'stacking' without appeal to transformational operations, transderivational competition, or invisible ('empty') categories of any kind

Construction Grammar · Inheritance · Non-finite clause · Relative clause · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation