Relative clauses : structure and variation in everyday English /
"This book examines the syntax of relative clauses in colloquial English, and is divided into four main chapters. The first (= this chapter) provides an introduction to the main types of relative clause found in standard registers and varieties of English, which typically contain an (overt or n...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in linguistics ;
161. |
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| Summary: | "This book examines the syntax of relative clauses in colloquial English, and is divided into four main chapters. The first (= this chapter) provides an introduction to the main types of relative clause found in standard registers and varieties of English, which typically contain an (overt or null) relativiser associated with a gap lower down in the structure. Chapters 2-4 provide a detailed description and analysis of three types of relative clause found in colloquial English, but not in standard varieties/registers. Chapter 2 examines the syntax of resumptive relatives, so called because they contain a resumptive expression which most frequently comprises a personal pronoun like that italicised in 'He's the kind of player that you wonder how he ever got into the team'. Chapter 3 deals with prepositional relatives in colloquial English, focusing on non-canonical structures containing doubled or mismatching prepositions"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108492805 1108492800 9781108729680 1108729681 |