The Syntactic Derivations of Split Antecedent Relative Clause Constructions
In this paper, I propose a syntactic derivation for Split Antecedent Relative Clause Constructions such as Mary met a man and John met a woman who knew each other well. I claim that the two antecedents of such a construction are originally two conjuncts of a coordinate nominal. Then each has undergo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Crane Publishing Co
2007-06-01
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Series: | Taiwan Journal of Linguistics |
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Online Access: | http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume5-1/2NiinaNingZhang.pdf |