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Lar

son,

Ric

hard

. 19

90. E

xtra

ctio

n an

d m

ultip

le s

ele

ctio

n in

PP.

The

Lin

-g

uis

tic R

evi

ew 7

,169

-182

.M

oro,

And

rea.

199

7. T

he r

aisi

ng

of

pred

icat

es.

Cam

brid

ge:

Cam

brid

geU

nive

rsity

Pre

ss.

Par

tee,

Bar

bara

H.

1998

. Cop

ular

inve

rsio

n pu

zzle

s. H

ando

ut o

f a

talk

giv

enat

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Con

nect

icut

Wor

ksho

p on

Sem

antic

s.R

apop

ort,

Tov

a V

. C

opul

ar,

nom

inal

and

sm

all

clau

ses:

a s

tudy

of

Isra

eliH

ebre

w.

Doc

tora

l di

sser

tatio

n, M

assa

chus

etts

Ins

titut

e o

f T

ech

nolo

gy,

Cam

brid

ge, M

ass.

Rul

lman

n, H

otze

. 19

95. M

axim

alit

y in

the

sem

antic

s of

WH

-con

stru

ctio

ns.

Doc

tora

l dis

sert

atio

n, U

nive

rsity

of M

assa

chus

etts

, Am

hers

t: G

LSA

.Z

ubiz

arre

ta, M

aria

Lui

sa.1

998.

Pro

sody

, fo

cus

an

d w

ord

ord

er. C

ambr

idge

,M

ass

: M

IT P

ress

.

Dep

artm

ent o

f Lin

guis

tics

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

of N

ew Y

ork

at S

tony

Bro

okS

tony

Bro

ok, N

Y 1

1794

-437

6b

citk

o@

ph

on

lab

.sb

s.su

nys

b.e

du

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Ger

man

, Det

erm

iner

Cop

ulas

are

ban

ned

for

inde

pend

ent

reas

ons.

A

rea

-so

nabl

e h

ypot

hesi

s w

orth

inv

estig

atio

n is

to

link

the

ava

ilabi

lity

of

Det

er-

min

er C

opul

as i

n E

quat

ives

to

the

ava

ilabi

lity

of

null

copu

las

in p

redi

ca-

tiona

l sta

tem

ents

. I l

eave

suc

h ty

polo

gic

al i

ssu

es

for

furt

he

r re

sea

rch

.

Ref

eren

ces

Bab

tista

, Mar

lyse

. 19

97. T

he m

orph

o-sy

ntax

of

nom

inal

and

ver

bal

cate

go-

ries

in C

aper

verd

ean

Cre

ole.

Doc

tora

l dis

sert

atio

n. H

arva

rd U

nive

rsity

.B

hatt

, Raj

esh.

199

9. Loc

alit

y in

app

aren

tly n

on-l

ocal

rel

ativ

izat

ion:

cor

rela

-tiv

es in

the

mod

ern

Indo

-Ary

an la

ngua

ges.

Tal

k gi

ven

at t

he D

epar

tmen

t of

Ling

uist

ics

and

Phi

loso

phy,

Mas

sach

uset

ts In

stitu

te o

f Tec

hnol

ogy.

Car

nie,

And

rew

. 19

95. N

on-v

erba

l pr

edic

atio

n an

d he

ad m

ovem

ent.

Doc

-to

ral d

isse

rtat

ion,

Mas

sach

uset

ts In

stitu

te o

f Tec

hnol

ogy,

Cam

brid

ge, M

ass.

Cho

msk

y, N

oam

. 19

95. T

he m

inim

alis

t pr

ogr

am.

Cam

brid

ge,

Mas

s.: M

ITP

ress

.C

itko,

Bar

bara

. 19

98. A

TB

ana

lysi

s of

fre

e re

lativ

e c

laus

es. I

n P

roce

edin

gsfr

om t

he M

ain

Ses

sio

n o

f th

e C

hica

go

Lin

gui

stic

Soc

iety

’s T

hirt

y F

our

thM

ee

ting,

69-8

3. U

nive

rsity

of C

hica

go, C

hica

go.

Fow

ler,

Geo

rge.

198

7. T

he g

ram

mat

ical

rel

evan

ce o

f T

hem

e/R

hem

e p

arti-

tion.

In P

ape

rs f

rom

23r

d A

nn

ual

Reg

ion

al M

eet

ing

of

Chi

cag

o L

ing

uist

icS

oci

ety,

93-

104.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Chi

cago

, Chi

cago

.H

eyco

ck,

Car

olin

e, a

nd A

ntho

ny K

roch

. 19

98.

Pse

udoc

left

con

nect

edne

ss:

impl

icat

ions

for

the

LF in

terf

ace

leve

l. T

o ap

pear

in

Lin

gu

istic

In

qu

iry.

Hig

gins

, R

oger

. 19

79.

The

pse

udo-

clef

t co

nstr

uctio

ns i

n E

nglis

h. O

ut-

sta

nd

ing

Dis

sert

atio

ns

in L

ing

uis

tics

. New

Yor

k: G

arla

nd.

Izvo

rski

, R

oum

yana

. 19

96. T

he s

ynta

x an

d se

man

tics

of c

orre

lativ

e p

ro-

form

s.

In P

roce

edin

gs o

f N

ELS

26,

133-

147.

Uni

vers

ity o

f M

assa

chus

etts

,A

mhe

rst:

GLS

A.

Jaco

bson

, Pau

line.

199

5. O

n th

e q

uant

ific

atio

nal

forc

e o

f E

nglis

h fr

ee

rela

-tiv

es.

In Q

ua

ntifi

cati

on

in

Nat

ural

La

ng

ua

ge,

ed E

mm

ond

Ba

ch,

Elo

ise

Jelin

ek,

Ang

elik

a K

ratz

er a

nd B

arba

ra H

. P

arte

e, 4

51-4

86. D

orde

cht:

Klu

-w

er.

Kis

s, K

atal

in E

. 19

98. I

dent

ific

atio

n fo

cus

vers

us in

form

atio

n fo

cus.

Lan

-g

ua

ge 7

4, 2

45-2

73.

Klim

a, E

dwar

d. N

egat

ion

in E

nglis

h. In

The

stru

ctur

e o

f la

ng

ua

ge;

rea

din

gsin

the

phi

loso

phy

of

lan

gu

age

, ed

. Jer

ry A

. Fo

dor

and

Jero

ld J

. K

atz,

246

-32

3. E

ngle

woo

d C

liffs

, New

Jer

sey:

P

rent

ice-

Hal

l.

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5.2

Inte

rpre

tati

on o

f L

ight

-Hea

ded

Rel

ativ

es

Ano

ther

que

stio

n co

ncer

ns im

plic

atio

ns o

f th

is a

naly

sis

for

the

sem

antic

s of

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ives

. T

he s

eman

tics

I w

ould

lik

e t

o su

gges

t fo

r bo

thL

ight

-He

aded

Rel

ativ

es a

nd C

orre

lativ

es e

ssen

tially

inv

olve

s eq

uatio

n be

-tw

een

two

entit

ies.

C

onsi

der

the

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ive

giv

en in

(40

a) a

ndits

str

uctu

re in

(40

b).

Its

me

anin

g ca

n be

par

aphr

ased

as

‘The

thin

g th

at I

will

sin

g is

/equ

als

to th

e th

ing

that

Mar

y w

ill s

ing’

(40

c).

(40

)a.

S

�� ����

� �

Mar

ia

�� �� �

I-si

ngD

EM

wha

tM

aria

sing

s‘I

sing

wha

t Mar

y si

ngs.

’b.

[ TP

T [

SC

[ CP

1

� �

� �� ���

] [ C

P1 c

o

Mar

ia

� piew

a] ]

D

EM

I-si

ng

wha

t Mar

ia

sing

sc.

ι y [I

sin

g y]

= ι x

[Mar

y si

ngs

x]

How

do

we

arr

ive

at

the

inte

rpre

tatio

n in

(40c

)? A

s fa

r as

the

equ

atio

n re

la-

tion

goes

, for

now

I si

mpl

y as

sum

e th

at it

can

com

e e

ither

fro

m th

e n

atur

e o

fth

e co

pula

itse

lf or

, alte

rnat

ivel

y, fr

om th

e na

ture

of t

he s

mal

l cla

use.

The

two

CP

s co

mpr

isin

g th

e s

mal

l cl

ause

are

inte

rpre

ted

as fr

ee

rela

-tiv

es. W

ith re

spe

ct to

the

sem

antic

s of

fre

e re

lativ

es, I

fol

low

Ja

cobs

on 1

995

and

Rul

lman

n 19

96 an

d as

sum

e th

at th

ey d

enot

e m

axim

al i

ndiv

idua

ls (M

AX

oper

ator

in R

ullm

ann’

s sy

stem

and

iota

ope

rato

r in

Jac

obso

n’s

syst

em).

(41

)a.

ι y [I

will

sin

g y]

b.ι x

[Mar

y w

ill s

ing

x]

5.3

Fur

ther

Que

stio

ns

The

ana

lysi

s pr

esen

ted

in t

his

pape

r es

tabl

ishe

s a

link

bet

we

en D

ele

men

tsin

Equ

ativ

es a

nd D

ele

men

ts in

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ives

. T

his

link,

how

ever

,ca

nnot

be

tot

ally

str

aigh

tfor

war

d, s

ince

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ives

exi

st n

oton

ly i

n la

ngua

ges

that

hav

e D

eter

min

er C

opul

as.

Cro

sslin

guis

tical

ly,

the

rang

e o

f la

ngua

ges

that

allo

w L

ight

-He

aded

Rel

ativ

es s

eem

s to

be

muc

hw

ider

tha

n th

e r

ange

of

lang

uage

s th

at h

ave

Det

erm

iner

Cop

ulas

. L

an-

guag

es s

uch

as G

reek

, G

erm

an o

r D

utch

do

not

use

Det

erm

iner

Cop

ulas

ineq

uativ

e s

tate

men

ts b

ut n

ever

thel

ess

allo

w L

ight

-He

aded

Rel

ativ

es (

Sabi

neIa

trid

ou,

pers

onal

com

mun

icat

ion)

. A

t pr

esen

t, I

am

not

aw

are

of

any

lan-

guag

e th

at h

as D

eter

min

er C

opul

as b

ut d

oes

not

allo

w L

ight

-He

aded

Rel

a-tiv

es.

For

the

tim

e b

eing

, I

sim

ply

assu

me

that

in

lang

uage

s lik

e G

reek

or

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y si

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the

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gain

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s is

exa

ctly

wha

t hap

pens

; in

this

cas

e it

is th

e re

lativ

e C

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at m

oves

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c.[ T

P [ T

’wte

dy1

[ SC [

CP1

t’ 1

� piew

am t

1] [

CP2

kie

dy2

Mar

ia

� piew

at 2

]]]]

then

I-

sing

w

hen

Mar

ia s

ings

d.[ T

P[C

P2 ki

edy 2

Mar

ia � pi

ewa

t 2]i w

tedy

[ SC[

CP

1t’1

� piew

am t 1

] [ C

P2 t i

]]]

w

hen

Mar

ia s

ings

th

en

I-s

ing

The

der

ivat

ion

of a

Cor

rela

tive

par

alle

ls th

at o

f a

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ive

up

to th

e p

oint

inv

olvi

ng th

e ra

isin

g of

the

CP

out

of

the

sm

all

clau

se;

the

firs

tth

ree

step

s ar

e th

e sa

me

in th

e tw

o ca

ses

(com

pare

(37a

-c)

to (

33-3

5)).

The

sole

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ives

and

Cor

rela

tives

lie

s in

whi

ch o

f th

e tw

o C

Ps

unde

rgoe

s ra

isin

g ou

t of

the

sm

all

clau

se.

In

the

cas

eof

a L

ight

-He

aded

Rel

ativ

e it

is

CP

1 th

at r

aise

s ou

t of

the

sm

all

clau

se (t

hem

atrix

CP

), w

here

as in

the

case

of a

Cor

rela

tive

it is

CP

2 (t

he r

elativ

e C

P).

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of a

D f

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to T

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equa

tive

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tem

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xica

lly fi

lled.

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cano

nica

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(32

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edy 2

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ewa

t 2] ]

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hen

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sing

w

hen

Mar

ia s

ings

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sm

all

clau

se s

truc

ture

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time,

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e s

mal

l cl

ause

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ste

ad o

f be

ing

com

pose

d of

tw

o N

oun

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ompo

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ses,

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P T

0 [S

C C

P 1 C

P 2]

]

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as

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ativ

es,

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er o

f th

e tw

o co

nstit

uent

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mpr

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gth

e sm

all

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se c

an r

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out

of

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sm

all

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se to

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T].

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e g

et a

can

onic

al L

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ativ

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inve

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ds;

the

rel

ativ

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laus

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lway

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ins

a w

h-w

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the

mat

rix

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ence

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ish

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two

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er o

nly

with

re-

spec

t to

the

initi

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orph

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in w

h-w

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and

t- in

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wor

ds

b.D

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hat’

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defi

nite

pro

noun

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his

acc

ords

with

qui

te a

n ol

d in

sigh

t, g

oing

ba

ck a

t le

ast

to K

lima

196

4, th

at w

h-pr

onou

ns a

re in

defi

nite

pro

noun

s pl

us a

n in

terr

ogat

ive

feat

ure,

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stra

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finite

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s pl

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atur

e.

2 W

e se

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al o

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nglis

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Rel

ativ

es k

to ‘

who

’ is

per

fect

ly g

ram

mat

ical

as

a r

elat

ive

pro

noun

. T

his

issh

own

by th

e co

ntra

st in

gra

mm

atic

alit

y be

twee

n (8

) an

d (7

b) a

bove

.

(8)

Prz

epyt

am

s

tud

en

ta kt

ý ry/*

kto

pie

rwsz

y prz

yjdz

ie.

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estio

n-PE

RF s

tude

nt

whi

ch/ w

ho fi

rst

com

es-

PE

RF

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ill q

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the

stud

ent w

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omes

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ord

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ight

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ativ

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er b

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mat

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rel

ativ

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uite

fre

e.

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dditi

on to

‘ca

noni

cal’

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ives

(9a)

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olis

h al

low

s ‘i

nver

se’

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ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ives

, in

whi

ch th

e re

lativ

e c

laus

epr

ece

des

the

mat

rix

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se (

9b).

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vers

e L

ight

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aded

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ativ

es a

re s

tan-

dard

ly r

efer

red

to a

s C

orrel

ativ

es.1

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n si

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xam

ples

in (1

0-13

) sh

ow th

at th

e sa

me

kin

d of

var

iatio

n in

the

ord

er o

fth

e m

atri

x an

d th

e r

elat

ive

cla

use

occ

urs

not

only

in

rela

tives

he

aded

by

nom

inal

ele

men

ts,

but

also

tho

se h

ead

ed b

y pl

ace

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anne

r, t

empo

ral

and

rea

son

adve

rbial

s.

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jad

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gdzi

em

nie

wy

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go-P

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ere

whe

re

me

you-

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ill g

o w

here

you

sen

d m

e.’

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mni

ew

y

: lesz

tam

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9 ;

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d-PE

RF

the

reI-

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a

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k

jak

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iaza

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a.

m

an

ner

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ng-P

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how

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iasi

ngs-P

ER

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ill s

ing

the

way

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y si

ngs.

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Mar

iaza

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ata

kza

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am.

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Mar

iasi

ngs-P

ER

FD

EM

I-si

ng-P

ER

F

1 I

am

glo

ssin

g ov

er t

he n

ontr

ivia

l is

sue

of w

heth

er S

lavi

c la

ngua

ges

have

true

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-re

lativ

es o

f th

e ki

nd f

ound

in t

he In

do-A

ryan

lang

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cuss

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199

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att

19

99

.

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The

pap

er i

s str

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red

as f

ollo

ws:

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by

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e p

rope

rtie

s of

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ht-H

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elat

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tha

t di

stin

guis

h th

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ext,

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scus

s the

par

alle

ls b

etw

een

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ives

and

Equ

ativ

es.

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gue

that

bot

h E

quat

ives

and

Lig

ht-H

ead

ed R

elat

ives

invo

lve

an e

quat

ive

cop

ula

sele

ctin

g a

smal

l cl

ause

con

stitu

ent.

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onl

y di

ffer

ence

betw

een

them

lies

in th

e in

tern

al s

truc

ture

of

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smal

l cl

ause

. In

the

cas

e o

feq

uativ

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tate

men

ts,

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com

pose

d of

tw

o N

oun

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ases

(5a

), w

here

as in

the

case

of L

ight

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ded

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ativ

es it

is c

ompo

sed

of tw

o cl

ause

s (5

b).

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d R

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2 P

rope

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s of

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d R

elat

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ver

sus

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d H

eade

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rela

tive

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se to

mat

ch th

e ite

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elec

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case

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co

ntra

st i

n gr

amm

atic

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en (

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sho

ws

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onl

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eadl

ess

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ativ

es a

re s

ubje

ct to

the

mat

chin

g re

quire

men

t.

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a. *

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epyt

am

[k

toN

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pier

wsz

y pr

zyjd

zie]

AC

C

I-qu

estio

n-PE

RF w

ho

fir

st

com

es-PE

RF

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ill q

uest

ion

who

com

es fi

rst.’

b.P

rzep

ytam

te

goA

CC

kto N

OM

pier

wsz

y pr

zyjd

zie.

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estio

n-PE

RF

DE

Mw

ho

fir

st

com

es-PE

RF

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ill q

uest

ion

the

one

who

com

es fi

rst.’

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s m

ight

sug

gest

tha

t L

ight

-He

aded

Rel

ativ

es a

re s

impl

y H

ead

ed R

ela-

tives

, w

here

inst

ead

of

a f

ull

nom

inal

the

he

ad is

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emon

stra

tive

ele

men

t.If

thi

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ere

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cas

e, a

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iffer

ence

s be

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en th

e tw

o w

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nt f

or.

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y di

ffer

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er,

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t le

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resp

ect

, i.e

. th

e r

ange

of

rela

tive

pro

noun

s th

ey a

llow

. T

hus,

in

Pol

ish

He

aded

Rel

ativ

es t

he o

nly

adm

issib

le re

lativ

e p

rono

un is

kt

g ry ‘

whi

ch’.

B

y co

ntra

st,

in L

ight

-He

aded

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Lig

ht-H

eade

d R

elat

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rba

ra C

itko

1 I

ntro

duct

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dditi

on to

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fam

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adle

ss R

elat

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man

y la

n-gu

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w r

elat

ives

he

aded

by

dem

onst

rativ

e p

rono

uns

(3).

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refe

r to

such

rel

ativ

es a

s L

ight

-He

aded

Rel

ativ

es.

Thi

s pa

per,

dra

win

g pr

imar

ily o

nda

ta fr

om P

olis

h, p

rovi

des

a ne

w a

ccou

nt o

f the

ir sy

ntax

and

sem

antic

s.

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a-tiv

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ng

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n si

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song

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