Is English resumption different in appositive relative clauses?

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Loss, Sara S. Wicklund, Mark
Copyright Year	2019
Description	Resumptive pronouns are produced in English in unguarded speech in restrictive relative clauses and appositive relative clauses. However, numerous studies have found that resumptive pronouns in restrictive relative clauses are not acceptable. To our knowledge, no studies have examined the acceptability of resumptive pronouns in appositive relative clauses, despite hints in the literature that they may be more acceptable in appositive than in restrictive relative clauses. This article fills that gap. We found that resumptive pronouns were rated as more natural in appositive relative clauses than in restrictive relative clauses. These findings may be due to which currently undergoing a reanalysis from a relative pronoun to a solely connective word, as has been suggested in the literature. A small-scale corpus search also reveals that appositive relative clauses with resumptive pronouns are increasing in American English.
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Ending Page	51
Page Count	27
Starting Page	25
ISSN	00084131
e-ISSN	17101115
DOI	10.1017/cnj.2019.19
Journal	Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	65
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2020-03-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Canadian Journal of Linguistics Language Studies Resumptive Pronouns Appositive Clauses Experimental Syntax analysis Pronoms Résomptifs Clauses Appositives Syntaxe Expérimentale Réanalyse Syntaxique
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Linguistics and Language