Properties
- finite clause이다. (다만, semantic gap은 존재)
- subordinate clause이다.
- function은 noun의 modifier 또는 supplement이다.
Categories
- wh relative clause
- that relative clause
- bare relative clause: gap이 object이다. supplement로는 기능할 수 없다.
Examples.
- My brother, whom I met yesterday, is a doctor.
- the book (that I bought)
- The book (I bought) / was (informative).
I / sold (what (I made)).
Wh relative clause
wh relative word: head noun과 anaphoric relation을 맺고, relative clause안에서 하나의 constituent로서 기능한다.
- who, which (pronoun): preposition fronting이 같이 일어나면 formal한 의미를 준다.
- when, where (preposition): relative clause안에서 adjunct of time 또는 adjunct of place으로 기능.
- why (adverb)
- whose (determinative): determiner의 head도 함께 앞으로 나온다.
Examples.
- a quantity chosen as (a) standard (in terms of which other quantities may be expressed)
→ other quantities may be expressed in terms of which- (the) day (when he was born)
→ he was born when- (the) reason (why they came)
→ they came why- (the) people (whose house she wants to rent)
→ she wants to rent whose house
in a way whose aptness he would instantly have recognized