The Syntax of Relative Clauses

Guglielmo Cinque

ISBN 10: 1108790585 / ISBN 13: 9781108790581

Published by Cambridge University Press, GB, 2020

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Relative clauses play a hugely important role in analysing the structure of sentences. This book provides the first evidence that a unified analysis of the different types of relative clauses is possible - a step forward in our understanding. Using careful analyses of a wide range of languages, Cinque argues that the relative clause types can all be derived from a single, double-headed, structure. He also presents evidence that restrictive, maximalizing, ('integrated') non-restrictive, kind-defining, infinitival and participial RCs merge at different heights of the nominal extended projection. This book provides an elegant generalization about the structure of all relatives. Theoretically profound and empirically rich, it promises to radically alter the way we think about this subject for years to come.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Syntax of Relative Clauses
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108790585
• ISBN 13: 9781108790581
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 590 grams

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Synopsis

Relative clauses play a hugely important role in analysing the structure of sentences. This book provides the first evidence that a unified analysis of the different types of relative clauses is possible - a step forward in our understanding. Using careful analyses of a wide range of languages, Cinque argues that the relative clause types can all be derived from a single, double-headed, structure. He also presents evidence that restrictive, maximalizing, ('integrated') non-restrictive, kind-defining, infinitival and participial RCs merge at different heights of the nominal extended projection. This book provides an elegant generalization about the structure of all relatives. Theoretically profound and empirically rich, it promises to radically alter the way we think about this subject for years to come.

About the Author

Guglielmo Cinque is Professor of Linguistics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.