syntax-zpracované všechny přednášky
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God bless this ship and al who sail in her.
Sentential relative clauses
We use a comma and WHICH
He walks for an hour each morning, WHICH would bore me.
Things then improved, WHICH surprises me. (In this case it could be replaced by 'and this/that'…)
We modify the whole clause
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o do not post-modify the NP which precedes it
o "comments" on the preceding context
Nominal Relative Clauses
"They can be analysed as noun phrases modified by relative clauses – instead of a noun phrase and
relative clause there is only a WH-element."
DO NOT post-modify!
o function as a clause element ↓
they are used instead of elements normal y expressed by NP (S, O, C)
We do not use another PN or relative PN with a nominal relative PN
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOW, WHICH, WHY, WHO - EVER (often)
I took what they offered to me. (What did I take?)
A cheap stylish bed was what I was looking for.
can be easily replaced by a NP fol owed by a relative clause
" We can replace the WH element with a NP fol owed by a relative clause
in many cases"
……. the thing(s) that they gave me
I took the thing(s) that they gave me.
Nominal relative PN what, when, where, who and how can be fol owed by a to infinitive.
We couldn't work out how to assemble the bookcase. I don't know where to find the books I wanted.
I was so confused, but I didn't know what to do. I don't know who to give this book to.
Mary doesn't know when to stop talking.
what can be fol owed by a noun.