Relative clauses : structure and variation in everyday English /

Relative clauses : structure and variation in everyday English /

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Author / Creator:	Radford, Andrew, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 161 Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 161.
Subject:	English language -- Relative clauses. English language -- Relative clauses.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11946420

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ISBN:	9781108492805 1108492800 9781108729680 1108729681 9781108633680 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book examines the syntax of relative clauses in colloquial English, and is divided into four main chapters. The first (= this chapter) provides an introduction to the main types of relative clause found in standard registers and varieties of English, which typically contain an (overt or null) relativiser associated with a gap lower down in the structure. Chapters 2-4 provide a detailed description and analysis of three types of relative clause found in colloquial English, but not in standard varieties/registers. Chapter 2 examines the syntax of resumptive relatives, so called because they contain a resumptive expression which most frequently comprises a personal pronoun like that italicised in 'He's the kind of player that you wonder how he ever got into the team'. Chapter 3 deals with prepositional relatives in colloquial English, focusing on non-canonical structures containing doubled or mismatching prepositions"--
Other form:	ebook version : 9781108633680
Standard no.:	40029323078

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