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Subject relative clauses in Dagbani

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This paper is concerned with subject relative clauses in Dagbani, a Mabia language spoken in northern Ghana, as these have received little attention in the literature compared to other relative clause constructions. We will argue that a successful syntactic analysis depends on a double headed relative clause structure, with one relative clause internal and one relative clause external head. In addition to discussing the syntax of an understudied language, the paper thus provides further evidence for relative clauses being based on double headed structures, at least in some languages.

Source: Glossa a journal of general linguistics

DOI: 10.16995/glossa.10572

Authors: Johannes Mursell, Katharina Hartmann

Institution: Goethe University Frankfurt

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $551

OpenAlex ID: W4404106013

FWCI: 1.61

Cites: 36

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10