LING 100 Week 11.2 Nov 25, 2021 Some additional structures: relative Clauses Relative clauses - 3rd kind of CP 3 kinds of clauses 1. Matrix CP - ex Felix laughed 2. Complement CP - she said that Felix laughed 3. Relative CP - ex the man who laughed. Occurs inside a noun phrase, serves as a modifier of noun Relative clause: clause that occurs inside NP where it serves as qualifier of noun. Who laughed = whole clause, it qualifies man in sentence Adjuncts, relative clause is a sister of N' Relatives and WH-questions - relatives clauses resemble wh-questions in 2 regards, -A relative CP usually begins with a WH-word tia relative pronoun) -a relative CP contains an empty position from which the relative pronoun appears to have moved Ex- the choice which most people prefer Which = relative pronoun A movement analysis -this resemblance is explained by analyzing the relative clause as having relative operator movement. Relative operator = the relative pronoun moves to spec, CP Ex- the man whom we met Moves into specifier of CP This movement is triggers by a relative feature fiRel is in C, which attracts the relative operator Moves from object position into specifier of CP Subject relatives -relative operator movement applies like wh-movement -relative operator can originate in subject position Ex - the man who laughed - who moves into the specifier of CP, where it checks relative feature in C
Object Relatives -the relative operator could originate in object position Ex - the choice which most ppl prefer Which moves into CP Adjunct Relatives -can also originate in adjunct position Ex- the day when Fauzia met Marie -when ti a wh-adverb) tiADVP) moves up into CP Relative clauses in context -NPs containing a relative clause can be found anywhere other NPs can occur - I found the purse which you lost - Np contains the relative clause, and which moves to the relative clause in CP Method & Practice 1. Sentence 2. Predicate 3. Subject 4. Object NP 5. Aux in C 6. Identify the constituents within the major constituents Ex - I know the guy who laughed = - Q Verb = know Subject = I tiNP) Object = the guy who laughed tiNP) Aux = N/A Analyze the NP of the object tithe guy who laughed) The = DP Guy = N Who = relative operator Laughed = CP and TP Then draw diagram T A VI 13P 7 who, Ci-8 NP