Externally and internally headed relative clauses in Marori

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    Abstract

    This paper discusses relative clauses (RCs) in Marori, showing that this language unusually has almost all of relative clause types, from headed/headless, externally/internally headed, single-/double-headed, to pre-/post-head, to attached/detached RCs. Special attention is given to internally headed relative clauses (IHRC). It is argued that Marori IHRCs are of the restrictive or non-maximalising type, which accounts for certain intriguing properties, such as their indefiniteness constraints and the possibility for RC stacking.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages23-42pp
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    EventJoint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar - Warsaw, Poland
    Duration: 1 Jan 2016 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceJoint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar
    Period1/01/16 → …

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