English relative clauses in a cross-Germanic perspective

English relative clauses in a cross-Germanic perspective

The article talk examines the distribution of relativising strategies in English in a cross-Germanic perspective, arguing that English is quite unique among Germanic languages both regarding the number of available options and their distribution. The differences from other Germanic languages (both...

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Main Author: Julia Bacskai-Atkari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2020-10-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
Subjects:
clause typing
relative clauses
feature checking
case
English
German
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/5213

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