Basque Semi-Free Relative Clauses and the Structure of DPs
1. IntroductionBasque has two types of antecedentless relative clauses, one very similar to the English whoever type, as in (1) - a construction dialectally limited to the Eastern part of the Basque Country (the French part of it and Navarra across the border) - and the other, as in (2), which can...
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Lapurdum
2009
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| Riassunto: | 1. IntroductionBasque has two types of antecedentless relative clauses, one very similar to the English whoever type, as in (1) - a construction dialectally limited to the Eastern part of the Basque Country (the French part of it and Navarra across the border) - and the other, as in (2), which can be literally glossed « the-([Empty-]Op-)that+IP/TP ». In the examples (1) and (2), they are left-dislocated (the unmarked position for the first type).(1) Type 1a [Nork (ere) huts egiten bait du],w... |
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