Catalan Restrictive Relatives

Core and Periphery

Bibliographic Data

ID3049375
AuthorsPaul Hirschbuhler, Maria-Luisa Rivero (0000-0002-5396-7616)
Year1981
Volume57
Issue3
Pages591
Publication date1981-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/414342
OpenAlexW2329272613
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited8

This paper presents an analysis of headed and free (headless) restrictive relative clauses in Catalan in the framework of the Extended Standard Theory. Rules of grammar are considered an aggregate of independent dimensions that belong either to core grammar or to peripheral grammar. The peripheral dimensions restrict the core aspect, but do not conflict with it. The rules involved in the derivation of headed and free relatives are (a) WH-movement and (b) deletion of the WH-phrase in COMP. One filter blocks an empty COMP, and another blocks a doubly-filled COMP. Deletion in COMP has an obligatory character in standard Catalan; this is a peripheral dimension that is unproblematic for the language learner. Catalan deletes any category in COMP up to recoverability, including PP's; this is the core situation found in French, but it is restricted by addition of a peripheral dimension that allows only NP-deletion. The interpretation of the core/periphery dichotomy developed in this paper may provide a fruitful framework for comparative grammar and historical research

Catalan · Core (optical fiber) · Genealogy · Geography · Linguistics · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Gender Studies in Language · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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