This paper provides a descriptive overview of restrictive relative clauses (henceforth RRCs) in Maltese, a construction which has received little attention to date and which is poorly described in existing grammars. We outline an LFG approach to the facts we describe bulding on existing analyses, and notably on Asudeh 2004/to appear, as far as the treatment of resumption in RRCs is concerned. F...

The form taken by the correct analysis of Hebrew RCs depends on the answer to the question: How alike are resumptives and gaps? Some previous researchers have posited mechanisms for the analysis of RPs distinct from those used to generate gaps. In their GB analyses, (Borer 1984b) and (Sells 1984) both analyze gaps as arising from movement, whereas RPs are treated as just normal pronouns, which ...

This paper discusses a special kind of syntax-semantics mismatch: a noun with a relative clause is interpreted as if it were a complement clause. An analysis in terms of Lexical Resource Semantics is developed which provides a uniform account for “normal” relative clauses and for the discussed type of relative clause.