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Relative clauses in Slovene: diachronic puzzles, synchronic patterns


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DOI https://doi.org/10.13173/wienslavjahr.1.2013.0150




The paper ‘Relative clauses in Slovene: diachronic puzzles, synchronic patterns’ is concerned with two relativization strategies in Slovene: relativization by means of the indeclinable operator ki and by means of the relative adjective kateri. Prescriptive grammars give rules when to use which option. However, there are contexts which are not covered by these rules and instances where the actual usage deviates from prescription. In addition to their synchronic behaviour, ki and kateri are puzzling also from a diachronic point of view. The present paper argues that the variation between ki and kateri can be accounted for in terms of an interplay between diachronic development, syntactic conditions and discourse factors.

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