Relative and Pseudo-Relative Clauses in Slovene

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  • Vrinda Subhalaxmi Chidambaram Princeton University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/SLS.6.1.15

Keywords:

syntax, relative clauses, Slovene language, Slovenian language

Abstract

 The author explores the various types of relative clauses in Slovene, focusing on a construction that has traditionally been assumed to be a special type of relative clause in which there seems to be a mismatch between the number feature of the clitic pronoun and that of the relative head, e.g., Najboljši iskalec si, [RC kar smo jih imeli.]1 best-Nom.sg.masc. seeker-Nom.sg.masc. BE-2nd. sg.pres. that BE-1st.pl.pres. 3rd.pl.acc.pron have-L-participle ‘You are the best seeker that we have had (them).’ The paper illustrates how contemporary generative syntax can handle the problem of this feature mismatch, giving two possible solutions.

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Published

2025-02-12

How to Cite

Subhalaxmi Chidambaram, V. (2025). Relative and Pseudo-Relative Clauses in Slovene. Slovenski Jezik / Slovene Linguistic Studies, 6, 287–301. https://doi.org/10.3986/SLS.6.1.15

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Vol. 6 (2007)

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