Observations and Remarks on Relative Pronoun Variation in English

• 발행기관: 경희대학교 언어정보연구소
• 저자명: Grace Ge-Soon Moon
• 간행물 정보: 『언어연구』제29권 제2호, 281~297쪽, 전체 17쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.08.31

영문 초록

This Paper examines the pronominal variation exhibited in restrictive relative clauses with non-human referents in modem American English. On the basis of a small-scale quantitative analysis of the Corpus of Contemporary American English, the paper shows that the choice between the pronouns which and that is primarily conditioned by the medium and genre of communication, as well the level of stylistic formality. It is also suggested that an interplay of grammatical roles and discourse functions further affects the variation in question.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Previous Studies

3. Data and Analysis

4. Conclusion

References

키워드

restrictive relative clauses pronominal variation COCA