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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Research show that there are cross-cultural differences in [what] families expect of their children and in how they socialize them to behave appropriately.

can we say that "what" is the object of "expect"? What part of speech is "what" here?
  

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Research show s ... The answer to your question depends on whom you ask. Anonymous can we say that "what" is the object of "expect"?

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  • Research show s ...
  • The answer to your question depends on whom you ask.
  • Anonymous can we say that "what" is the object of "expect"?
  • In Scandinavian grammar, yes.
  • Anonymous What part of speech is "what" here?
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The answer to your question depends on whom you ask.
Anonymouscan we say that "what" is the object of "expect"?
In Scandinavian grammar, yes.
AnonymousWhat part of speech is "what" here?
Again, in Scandinavian grammar what is a relative pronoun i
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It can't be a relative pronoun if it's not introducing a relative clause.
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AnonymousWhat part of speech is "what" here?
A pronoun.
Anonymouscan we say that "what" is the object of "expect"?
Yes.
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AnonymousIt can't be a relative pronoun if it's not introducing a relative clause.
http://www.englishgrammar.org/relative-pronoun/

CB
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AnonymousWhat part of speech is "what" here?
It's a fused relative (word; pronoun). It fuses "that (thing)" with "which".
It's a use of "what" in which "what" = "that" + "which".

... differences in { [that thing which / that which / what] families expect of their children }...
Anonymouscan we say that "what" is the
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CalifJimdifferences in { [that thing which / that which / what] families expect of their children }..
differences in that which families expect of their children

Is the pronoun "that" an object of the preposition "in" in the above?
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AnonymousIs the pronoun "that" an object of the preposition "in" in the above?
Yes, though it might make as much sense to say that the whole NP that which families expect of their children is the object.

CJ
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