Appositive Relative Clauses
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The difference between restrictive and appositive relativization is usually represented in syntax as complementation versus adjunction with respect to the antecedent noun. Instead I propose that an appositive relative clause (ARC) is coordinated with its antecedent. This approach avoids problems that come with the adjunction analysis, and it predicts some interesting facts. First consider the structure of restrictive relatives. The two major analyses that can be found in the literature are depicted in (1).
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تاریخ انتشار 2000