Performance Constaints on Relative Pronoun Deletion.

Cofer, Thomas M.

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Performance Constaints on Relative Pronoun Deletion

Cofer, Thomas M.

Linguistics, 157, 13-32, Aug 1 75

A data-based study done in Philadelphia examined the constraints on relative pronoun deletion and looked for a possible correlation to social stratification or stylistic variation. Restrictive relative clauses only are examined. Constraints appear to be due to performance factors related to sentence processing. (SCC)

Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Styles, Language Usage, Language Variation, Linguistic Performance, Phrase Structure, Pronouns, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar

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