Relative Extraposition and the Scope of Definite Descriptions in Hebrew and English

Yael Ziv; Peter Cole

Relative Extraposition and the Scope of Definite Descriptions in Hebrew and English

Yael Ziv
, Peter Cole

Department of Linguistics

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Abstract

The ungrammaticality of relative extraposition is discussed when the head of the relative clause is definite, as in: (1a) '*The guy just came in that I met at Treno's yesterday' (definite head) & (1b) 'A guy just came in that I met at Treno's yesterday' (indefinite head). The reduced grammaticality of (1a) is due to interaction among a number of independently motivated properties of relative clauses. A detailed discussion of the principles in question & their interaction is presented. AA

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	772-786
Number of pages	15
Journal	Papers from the regional meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society
Volume	10
State	Published - 1974

Keywords

Afro-Asiatic Languages
Clause
English
Syntax

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Relative Extraposition and the Scope of Definite Descriptions in Hebrew and English

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