Relativization in Swedish

Relativization is a widespread syntactic and pragmatic strategy, found in such di­ verse languages as Arabic and Korean, Nahuatl and German (The Chicago Which Which Hunt 1972). It is a process of modifier formation producing relative clauses (RC), which can serve several pragmatic functions, such a...

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Main Author: Dora Maček
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 1987-12-01
Series:Linguistica
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Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/4630
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spelling doaj-3f81fdb206ee489db9d8af6851dcde0b2020-11-24T22:44:50ZdeuZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)Linguistica0024-39222350-420X1987-12-01271Relativization in SwedishDora Maček Relativization is a widespread syntactic and pragmatic strategy, found in such di­ verse languages as Arabic and Korean, Nahuatl and German (The Chicago Which Which Hunt 1972). It is a process of modifier formation producing relative clauses (RC), which can serve several pragmatic functions, such as supplying new informa­ tion, emphasis, cohesion etc. RCs have been much studied and they still offer intere­ sting linguistic insights. Alongside the obviously common features many differences in detail can be observed even among closely related languages. The differences as well as the similarities can be of a syntactic or a stylistic nature. Out of the many in­ teresting aspects of RC structure and usage a closer look will be taken only at the choice of the linking word and some rules governing its place and function. https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/4630Relativization in Swedish
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Relativization in Swedish
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title Relativization in Swedish
title_short Relativization in Swedish
title_full Relativization in Swedish
title_fullStr Relativization in Swedish
title_full_unstemmed Relativization in Swedish
title_sort relativization in swedish
publisher Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
series Linguistica
issn 0024-3922
2350-420X
publishDate 1987-12-01
description Relativization is a widespread syntactic and pragmatic strategy, found in such di­ verse languages as Arabic and Korean, Nahuatl and German (The Chicago Which Which Hunt 1972). It is a process of modifier formation producing relative clauses (RC), which can serve several pragmatic functions, such as supplying new informa­ tion, emphasis, cohesion etc. RCs have been much studied and they still offer intere­ sting linguistic insights. Alongside the obviously common features many differences in detail can be observed even among closely related languages. The differences as well as the similarities can be of a syntactic or a stylistic nature. Out of the many in­ teresting aspects of RC structure and usage a closer look will be taken only at the choice of the linking word and some rules governing its place and function.
topic Relativization in Swedish
url https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/4630
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