Open AccessLocative relatives in Durban Zulu
Author(s) -
Lisa LaiShen Cheng,
Laura J. Downing
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
zas papers in linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1435-9588
DOI - 10.21248/zaspil.53.2010.391
Subject(s) - adjunction , locative case , zulu , linguistics , raising (metalworking) , operator (biology) , pronoun , style (visual arts) , computer science , mathematics , history , pure mathematics , philosophy , biochemistry , geometry , chemistry , repressor , transcription factor , gene , archaeology
This paper examines locative relatives in Durban Zulu. We show that locative relatives differ from nominal relatives crucially in prosodic phrasing as well as in resumptive pronoun marking. We propose that the best way to account for locative relatives in Zulu is to resort to the old style adjunction analysis of relative clauses, with an empty operator. The system we propose assumes that such an adjunction analysis co-exists with a head-raising analysis, which accounts for the nominal relative clauses.