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Relativization and Nominalization

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Deletion analysis<br />

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Counter-Equi analysis by Harada (1973) (also see Weber 1983<br />

on Quechua)<br />

(a) Keisatu=wa [doroboo=ga nigeru]=tokoro=o tukama-ta.<br />

police=TOP thief=NOM ran.away=PLACE=ACC catch=PAST<br />

‘The police caught the thief as he ran away.’<br />

(b) Doroboo=wa [nigeru]=tokoro=o keisatu=ni tukamae-rare-ta.<br />

thief=TOP run.away=PLACE=ACC police=by catch-PASS-PAST<br />

‘The thief was caught by the police as he ran away.’<br />

[Keisatu=wa doroboo i =o [doroboo i =ga nigeru]=tokoro=o tukamaeta]<br />

1. …[[…NP i …] S Pro i ] NP …<br />

2. …[[…NP i …] [e] NP ] NP …<br />

…[[…t i …] S NP i ]] NP … (LF)<br />

2-role assignment<br />

3. …[…NP…no] S ] N …V… (Kuroda)<br />

Counter Equi-NP Deletion<br />

Keisatu=wa Ø [doroboo=ga nigeru]=tokoro=o tukamaeta<br />

Problems of coreference in RC constructions<br />

So-called internally headed relatives are evocative nominalizations<br />

K/&LMN3OPQ;<<br />

[K/&#Ø#OPQ;] i<br />

LMNi<br />

*RC-(ASQTU()<<br />

3VW.XYZ[\)<<br />

[K/&_`a3'(AOA-b)]"3cQd.45)<<br />

[K/&eUfgfh(&AB6_`a3iNj(AOA-b)]"3<br />

################################cQd.45)<<br />

k9+f*:cQd.eUfgfl&(AB6_`a345)<<br />

Argument nominalization<br />

]K/&OPQ;^" *RC-ASQTBLMN;()<<br />

3VW.XYZ[\)<<br />

“Evocative” nominalization<br />

[K/&m_n3opq)]"&rstu"vZ"(AB6

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