The two possible positions of relative clauses(RCs) inChinese (thepre-demonstrativeoneandthepost-demonstrative,post-numeralandpost-classifierone:–Demonstrative–Numeral–Classifier––AP-Noun)have,sinceChao’s(1968)characterizationofRC1as“restrictive”andRC2as“descriptive”(nonrestrictive),madeChineseRCsappearquitedifferentfromtheRCsofotherlanguages(eveninconflictwiththestandardsemanticsofrestrictiveandnonrestrictiveRCs).AcomparativeperspectivemaymakeChineseRCsappearlessunique.
Chinese Relative Clauses as Reduced (Participial) Relative Clauses
Guglielmo Cinque
2025
Abstract
The two possible positions of relative clauses(RCs) inChinese (thepre-demonstrativeoneandthepost-demonstrative,post-numeralandpost-classifierone:–Demonstrative–Numeral–Classifier––AP-Noun)have,sinceChao’s(1968)characterizationofRC1as“restrictive”andRC2as“descriptive”(nonrestrictive),madeChineseRCsappearquitedifferentfromtheRCsofotherlanguages(eveninconflictwiththestandardsemanticsofrestrictiveandnonrestrictiveRCs).AcomparativeperspectivemaymakeChineseRCsappearlessunique.
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