Relative and Pseudo-Relative Clauses in Slovene

The author explores the various types of relative clauses in Slovene, focusing on a construction that has traditionally been assumed to be a special type of relative clause in which there seems to be a mismatch between the number feature of the clitic pronoun and that of the relative head, e.g., Najboljši iskalec si, [RC kar smo jih imeli.]1 best-Nom.sg.masc. seeker-Nom.sg.masc. BE-2nd. sg.pres. that BE-1st.pl.pres. 3rd.pl.acc.pron have-L-participle ‘You are the best seeker that we have had (them).’ The paper illustrates how contemporary generative syntax can handle the problem of this feature mismatch, giving two possible solutions.

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Slovene Linguistic Studies
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2025-02-12
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https://doi.org/10.3986/sls.6.1.15
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Linguistics and language evolution
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Relative and Pseudo-Relative Clauses in Slovene

Vrinda Subhalaxmi Chidambaram
Slovene Linguistic Studies
Linguistics and language evolution
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Relative and Pseudo-Relative Clauses in Slovene

Vrinda Subhalaxmi Chidambaram
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The author explores the various types of relative clauses in Slovene, focusing on a construction that has traditionally been assumed to be a special type of relative clause in which there seems to be a mismatch between the number feature of the clitic pronoun and that of the relative head, e.g., Najboljši iskalec si, [RC kar smo jih imeli.]1 best-Nom.sg.masc. seeker-Nom.sg.masc. BE-2nd. sg.pres. that BE-1st.pl.pres. 3rd.pl.acc.pron have-L-participle ‘You are the best seeker that we have had (them).’ The paper illustrates how contemporary generative syntax can handle the problem of this feature mismatch, giving two possible solutions.

Slovene Linguistic StudiesVol. 6
Princeton University (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 97%
Linguistics and language evolution
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