A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause that modifies a noun. For example, ‘Mr and Mrs Selfie arrived in the car that they had bought this morning.’ If often does this by using a relative ...

1. Relative clauses are “embedded” grammatical structures, contained inside other grammatical structures. 2. Relative clauses play a central role in English discourse. 3. Relative clause knowledge is ...

IN the preceding chapter, we compared a bound modifier to an animal species that has already arrived at its evolutionary dead-end and a free relative modifier to a species that partakes of a wide gene ...

This study investigates the second language (L2) acquisition of restrictive relative clauses (RRCs) in Chinese by two groups of learners speaking typologically different first languages (Lis): English ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Dyirbal and Gumbaiŋgar are alike in that (1) possessive phrases and relative clauses are marked by the same or similar affixes, probably ...

Modifying sentences containing relative clauses is no easy task! Because relative clauses play a central role in English discourse, modifying text can result in awkward or unnatural discourse. However ...