Pronominally headed relative clauses in early English
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Present-day English is unlike Old in not using singular demonstrative pronouns with anaphoric reference to human beings. This article adds the contributions of Cole (2017) and Los & van Kemenade (2018) our understanding factors determining choice between personal by documenting hitherto unexamined use these as heads relative clauses. It also traces how referring humans retreated clauses Early Middle English. A corpus-based study shows that third-person were unusual normally referred specific individuals, while demonstratives for generic but could refer individuals. The increased well underway While retreat seems have some connection reduced marking feature distinctions period, a simple explanation terms loss gender untenable.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: English Language and Linguistics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1469-4379', '1360-6743']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s136067432100006x