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The Syntax of Relative Clauses

A Unified Analysis

Guglielmo Cinque author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:24th Sep '20

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Drawing on a wide range of languages, Cinque argues that all relative clause types derive from a single, double-headed, structure.

This book provides evidence that a unified analysis of the different types of relative clauses is possible. Addressing key issues of importance in the field today, it will be welcomed by a wide variety of linguists, ranging from formal theoretical linguists, to typologists, to semanticists.Relative clauses play a hugely important role in analysing the structure of sentences. This book provides the first evidence that a unified analysis of the different types of relative clauses is possible - a step forward in our understanding. Using careful analyses of a wide range of languages, Cinque argues that the relative clause types can all be derived from a single, double-headed, structure. He also presents evidence that restrictive, maximalizing, ('integrated') non-restrictive, kind-defining, infinitival and participial RCs merge at different heights of the nominal extended projection. This book provides an elegant generalization about the structure of all relatives. Theoretically profound and empirically rich, it promises to radically alter the way we think about this subject for years to come.

ISBN: 9781108479707

Dimensions: 160mm x 235mm x 30mm

Weight: 740g

320 pages