A Discourse Explanation of the Grammar of Relative Clauses in English Conversation.

Fox, Barbara A.; Thompson, Sandra A.

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Discourse Explanation of the Grammar of Relative Clauses in English Conversation.

Fox, Barbara A.; Thompson, Sandra A.

Language, v66 n2 p297-316 Jun 1990

In communicating, conversationalists constantly make decisions about their interlocutors' state of knowledge and on the basis of these decisions make lexical, grammatical, and intonational choices about how to manage the "flow" of information. This paper focuses on how such decision making affects choices in relative clause constructions in American English conversations. (27 references) (JL)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Research, North American English, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

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Language: English

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