ON THE CATEGORIAL STATUS OF JAPANESE RELATIVE CLAUSES
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On the Information Status of Appositive Relative Clauses
Existing semantic theories of appositive relative clauses (ARCs) assume that ARCs contribute asserted but not at-issue content (Böer & Lycan [4], Bach [3], Chierchia & McConnell-Ginet [5], Potts [13], AnderBois et al. [2], Murray [12]). In this paper I demonstrate that the information status of ARCs depends on their linear position in the clause: clause-medial ARCs are not at-issue whereas clau...
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عنوان ژورنال: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0918-3701
DOI: 10.9793/elsj.28.1_91