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 language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Joint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar |
| Editors | D Arnold, M Butt, B Crysmann, T Holloway-King & S Muller |
| Place of Publication | California, USA |
| Publisher | CSLI Publications |
| Pages | 23-42pp |
| Edition | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | Joint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar - Warsaw, Poland, Poland Duration: 1 Jan 2016 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Joint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar |
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| Country/Territory | Poland |
| Period | 1/01/16 → … |
| Other | July 24-29 2016 |