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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Main Author: Niina Ning Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Crane Publishing Co 2007-06-01
Series:Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
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Online Access:http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume5-1/2NiinaNingZhang.pdf