10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELATIVE PRONOUN»
Discover the use of
relative pronoun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
relative pronoun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The syntax of the
relative pronoun and its cognates ...
Obs. What is called the use of the article for the relative pronoun in Homer, is
nothing more than this use of the direct construction. If we take the common
example, rbv flaXt BtUbv <5uov, and analyse it, we have a verb which would take
, in the ...
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The Syntax of
Relative Clauses
At the next stage the correlative pronoun is reanalysed as a relative pronoun in
the Comp of the relative clause, though it still bears the Case required by the
matrix: (ii) NPl [(corjrelj ...] Finally, the reanalysed pronoun takes the Case
assigned ...
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Jannach's German for Reading Knowledge
If the relative pronoun is the subject of its clause, the pronoun will be the first
word in the translation, followed by the verb and its objects and adverbs
generally in reverse order. If the relative pronoun isn't the subject, it should still be
the first ...
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The Distribution of
Pronoun Case Forms in English
McCreight (1988:74f) suggests that case agreement between the head of a
relative and the relative pronoun can lead to multiple case assignment to the
relative pronoun: "a relative pronoun may be assigned case within its clause and
then ...
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Ergativity: Emerging Issues
In a relative clause, C has a feature [+pron] and a relative pronoun (relpro) is
always base generated. When C's [+pron] feature is strong, it attracts the relative
pronoun to [Spec, C], yielding the structure in (21 ) below. 21) [relpr0i[C[ till] If C's
...
Alana Johns, Diane Massam, Juvenal Ndayiragije, 2007
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Remedial English Language
Answers £q ^ Omission of the Relative Pronoun Whenever the Relative Pronoun
is used in the accusative case, it is generally omitted. Examples: I am monarch of
all I survey. The relative pronoun that after 'all' is omitted. Men must reap the ...
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Grammar for Teachers: A Guide to American English for Native ...
This is an important distinction ESL/EFL students need to learn because the
function of the relative pronoun determines several different things. One way to
distinguish the function of relative pronoun is to examine what is following the
relative ...
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Connectives as Discourse Landmarks
Role of the relative pronoun in the organization of discourse One may wonder
about the role of the relative pronoun in such atypical ARCs, as opposed to
coordinators/subordinators which do exist but are rejected in favour of a relative ...
Agnès Celle, Ruth Huart, 2007
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Intermediate Arabic For Dummies
A relative pronoun in Arabic can appear anywhere a noun might. It could be the
subject of its own verb. You could have a relative pronoun as the object of a verb
within a relative clause. It also could be governed by a preposition. The relative ...
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Grammar and Vocabulary: A Resource Book for Students
We take, first, those with a relative pronoun in the who set (who, whom , whose),
which refer back to a person: [1], [11] and [19a]. There is no example with whom,
which occurs only rarely. Because this set makes a distinction between subject ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELATIVE PRONOUN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
relative pronoun is used in the context of the following news items.
All About Relative Pronouns and Portmanteau Words
This week's column deals with two queries sent in by a reader from Chennai. The first query is about the relative pronoun “who” and the second query is about ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
Comma Queen: Who/Whom for Dummies
“Who” and “whom” are relative pronouns, and the trick for choosing the right one is to switch the clause around so that you can substitute a personal pronoun. «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
Everyday Grammar: Relative Pronouns
A relative pronoun relates to the noun it is describing. Relative pronouns introduce a relative clause. Think of relative clauses as long adjectives. Adjectives are ... «VOA Learning English, May 15»
A Lineup of Missteps
The relative pronoun functions as the subject of “was,” so we need “who,” not “whom.” •••. For-profit colleges have been under increased scrutiny at all levels of ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
Joe Bennett: The rules that are made to be broken
She meant the relative pronouns. "Whatever," she said. "Is there a rule? That's all I want to know," and I said it depends. "Certain authorities," I said, climbing ... «Taranaki Daily News, Mar 15»
Johnson: Grammar
But it was only a suggestion: he confessed that relative pronouns as of his time were already “an odd jumble”. The Lord's Prayer addresses our father which art ... «The Economist, Mar 15»
Becoming a pronoun-pro
“Once, a student of mine asked me for my own definition of a pronoun. ... can see subject, object, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative and relative pronouns!). «The Bogota Post, Feb 15»
The future of English includes an apostrophe-less 'thats'
For relative pronouns, on the one side we have "the person whom you met" and "the person who is coming;" on the other side, we have "the thing that you met" ... «The Week Magazine, Jan 15»
Ugly Disagreements
The verb in the relative clause should agree with the subject of the clause, in this case the relative pronoun “that.” And “that” is plural here because its ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
Subject, Meet Verb
So the relative pronoun “who,” referring to “at least one agency medical officer,” is also singular and needs a singular verb. (Even the phrase “more than one,” ... «New York Times, Aug 14»
