Evidence for head raising in Kiswahili relative clauses
The author presents evidence from Kiswahili supporting a head-raising analysis recently proposed in Kayne (1994) and Bianchi (1999), in which the relative clause is generated as a complement of the determiner. Three kinds of evidence are presented: (1) selectional relations between demonstratives an...
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| description | The author presents evidence from Kiswahili supporting a head-raising analysis recently proposed in Kayne (1994) and Bianchi (1999), in which the relative clause is generated as a complement of the determiner. Three kinds of evidence are presented: (1) selectional relations between demonstratives and some relative clauses; (2) quantified noun phrase-pronoun binding, in which the bound pronoun appears inside the head of the relative clause while its binder is located in the relative clause; and (3) relativization of objects comprising part of idiomatic expressions. The evidence supports both the head-raising hypothesis and the determiner complementation hypothesis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a009383895974acc9e4d68c9be8fa23d2025-08-20T01:53:30ZengLibraryPress@UFStudies in African Linguistics0039-35332154-428X2001-06-01301Evidence for head raising in Kiswahili relative clausesDeo NgonyaniThe author presents evidence from Kiswahili supporting a head-raising analysis recently proposed in Kayne (1994) and Bianchi (1999), in which the relative clause is generated as a complement of the determiner. Three kinds of evidence are presented: (1) selectional relations between demonstratives and some relative clauses; (2) quantified noun phrase-pronoun binding, in which the bound pronoun appears inside the head of the relative clause while its binder is located in the relative clause; and (3) relativization of objects comprising part of idiomatic expressions. The evidence supports both the head-raising hypothesis and the determiner complementation hypothesis.https://ojs.test.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107362Swahilihead-raisingrelative clause |
| spellingShingle | Deo Ngonyani Evidence for head raising in Kiswahili relative clauses Studies in African Linguistics Swahili head-raising relative clause |
| title | Evidence for head raising in Kiswahili relative clauses |
| title_full | Evidence for head raising in Kiswahili relative clauses |
| title_fullStr | Evidence for head raising in Kiswahili relative clauses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for head raising in Kiswahili relative clauses |
| title_short | Evidence for head raising in Kiswahili relative clauses |
| title_sort | evidence for head raising in kiswahili relative clauses |
| topic | Swahili head-raising relative clause |
| url | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107362 |
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