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Fivejedjon Posted 12 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Wh relative clauses are not introduced by conjunctions.
wh relative clauses are not introduced by conjunctions.
AG wrote this in another forum. I hope he comes along to look at this, but comments from others are welcome.
I may have misunderstood the words, because AG and I sometimes use different terminology. We'll see.
It seems to me that sentences such as the ones below are wh relative clauses 'introduced' by conjunctions:
John, who taught me French, and who shared my dislike of sport, has died recently.
John, who taught me French and who(m) I liked very much, has died recently.
Prague, which is now my home and where I have most of my friends, is a beautiful city.
AG wrote this in another forum. I hope he comes along to look at this, but comments from others are welcome.
I may have misunderstood the words, because AG and I sometimes use different terminology. We'll see.
It seems to me that sentences such as the ones below are wh relative clauses 'introduced' by conjunctions:
John, who taught me French, and who shared my dislike of sport, has died recently.
John, who taught me French and who(m) I liked very much, has died recently.
Prague, which is now my home and where I have most of my friends, is a beautiful city.
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Aspara Gus wh relative clauses are not introduced by conjunctions. This was in reply to Ivanhr’s statement “It [the relative clause] is introduced by the conjunction when ”. By ‘conjunction’ I’m sure he meant ‘subordinating conjunction’, and so did I.
- Aspara Gus wh relative clauses are not introduced by conjunctions.
- This was in reply to Ivanhr’s statement “It [the relative clause] is introduced by the conjunction when ”.
- By ‘conjunction’ I’m sure he meant ‘subordinating conjunction’, and so did I.
- I wasn’t even thinking of ‘coordinating conjunctions’.
- I normally don’t even use the term ‘conjunction’ and instead use ‘subordinator’ for words like that and whether and ‘coordinator’ for words like and since they behave so differently.
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Aspara Guswh relative clauses are not introduced by conjunctions.This was in reply to Ivanhr’s statement “It [the relative clause] is introduced by the conjunction when”. By ‘conjunction’ I’m sure he meant ‘subordinating conjunction’, and so did I. I wasn’t even thinking of ‘coordinating conjunctions’. I normally don’t even use the term ‘conjunction’ a
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Thanks. That's cleared that up.
I, too, prefer 'subordinator' and 'coordinator'
I, too, prefer 'subordinator' and 'coordinator'
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