In the above example the Greek subject phrase [phrase omitted] is translated in CPA by a
relative clause, [phrase omitted], where the demonstrative [phrase omitted] "this one" serves as the headword, followed by the relative [phrase omitted] "who." Since the
relative clause neither begins nor ends the sentence, it cannot be left or right dislocated, but can be analyzed as the subject.
This means that a complex sentence offers the possibility for four functional types of dependent clauses: the
relative clause postmodifies the noun phrase; the clausal subject, the clausal object and adverbial clause are dependent clauses which function as clause constituents (Payne 2011: 334).
and Hatch would be to [...] [AL, Ellis (1999: 687)] Nominal + Participle #9 Evidently, we obtained the results expected for a classical light wave where the [...] [PH, Gerry & Knight (2005: 140)] Nominal +
Relative clause #10 [...] his work is motivated by the belief that 'Language does not occur in stray words or sentences, but in [...]' [AL, Widdowson (2004: 3)] Nominal + Gerund #11 [...] what study must be one of...
The two study questions were addressed through qualitative analysis as well as quantitative analysis of the frequencies of
relative clause reformulation and frequencies of different reformulation procedures in the different age groups.
SUB--INST-DCS-hide--IMPF 3POSS-mother-PL.PO __ 'those that hide behind their mother('s skirts)' In a construction like this, the head of the
relative clause is elided.
Relative Clause fragments have a slightly different formula from the subordinate clause fragments discussed earlier.
Now we will analyse two examples the first representing a non-restrictive
relative clause and the second a restrictive
relative clause to see whether our hypotheses for structural Case assignment hold good or they behave differently for Pashto
relative clauses:
These aspects include assignment of thematic roles in passive sentences and assignment of referents in
relative clauses (Hesketh, 2006) and in those that contain clitic pronouns (see for a review van der Lely, 2004, 2005).
IA is not compatible with extra position of the
relative clause, which is possible and quite frequent in other cases (see section 2).
Where the
relative clause modifies a head noun in the subject complement position.