Open AccessEmbedding non-restrictive relative clauses
Author(s) -
Claudia Poschmann
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
zas papers in linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1435-9588
DOI - 10.21248/zaspil.61.2018.494
Subject(s) - embedding , scope (computer science) , relative clause , computer science , sentence , rhetorical question , projection (relational algebra) , linguistics , econometrics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , algorithm , programming language , philosophy
Schlenker (2010) recently provided data from English and French suggesting that,contrary to standard assumptions (McCawley, 1982; Potts, 2005; Arnold, 2007; AnderBoiset al., 2011), non-restrictive relative clauses (NRCs) can take narrow scope under operators ofthe sentence within which they are embedded. This paper presents three experiments in Germanconfirming this claim. The results show that embedded readings are available with NRCs inGerman and give first insights into the puzzle under which conditions these embedded readingsdo or do not show up.Keywords: relative clauses, appositives, projection, rhetorical relations.