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Relative clauses in Romance

Carlo Cecchetto
Caterina Donati

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Relative clauses are subordinate clauses acting as nominal modifiers. They can be finite or non-finite in Romance, with finite relative clauses largely more productive and widespread across varieties. Relative clauses contain an empty position, that can correspond to a gap (as in most standard varieties) or to a resumptive pronoun, as in Romanian and in many substandard varieties. In most Romance languages, relative clauses are introduced either by the invariant element che/que or by some relative pronoun (il quale/lequel/el cual…) depending on the grammatical function of the variable it refers to.
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Carlo Cecchetto, Caterina Donati. Relative clauses in Romance. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics., 2023, ⟨10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-663.⟩. ⟨hal-04333632⟩
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