A Survey of Relative Pronouns and their Uses in Natural and Artificial Languages

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ID19527133
AuthorsAlan Libert, Alan Reed Libert (0000-0003-1446-4183), Christo Moskovsky
Year2003
Volume4
Issue2
Pages61-116
Publication date2003-09-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Universal Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1598-6381 • E-ISSN: 2508-5344
PublisherSejong University Language Research Institute (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22425/jul.2003.4.2.61
OpenAlexW2200984758
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

This paper discusses a variety of questions regarding the form and function of relative pronouns in artificial languages. In the first major part of the paper information about relative pronouns in natural languages is presented. From this part the prospective language designer will get an idea of the range of relevant possibilities occurring in natural languages. The second major part shows some of the choices which languages designers have made with respect to relative pronouns in their languages. Generally these choices have been within a narrow range, that is, not all of the possibilities of natural languages have been selected for artificial languages. Specifically,the morphology and syntax of relative pronouns quite often resembles that of Indo-European languages, which is not surprising, since most language designers have been native speakers of an lndo­European language, and many artificial languages have been based on one or more of these languages. The final section of the paper contains some recommendations for the design and use of relative pronouns in artificial languages

Linguistics · Natural language · Natural language processing · Personal pronoun · Syntax · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Speech and dialogue systems · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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