Amount Relatives.

Carlson, Greg N.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Amount Relatives

Carlson, Greg N.

Language, 53, 3, 520-42, Sep 77

It is argued here that English contains a distinct class of relative clauses called amount relatives. On the surface, these are much like restrictive relative clauses, but they have a syntax and semantics that align them more with comparatives than with restrictive relatives. (Author/KM)

Descriptors: English, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Semantics, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar

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