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ROA 704-0105

Subject Inversion in Spanish Relative Clauses

Rodrigo Guti�rrez-Bravo <rogubravo at prodigy.net.mx>

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Abstract:
This paper analyses a number of word order alternations
observed in relative clauses in Spanish and concludes that
they are the result of intonational considerations. However,
it is shown that the relevant intonational factors are not
the same as those related to focalization (which is well-known
to induce word order alternations in Spanish), but rather
they relate to the relative prosodic weight of constituents
in the intonational structure of these clauses.

Comments: To appear in T. Geerts & H. Jacobs (eds.), Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2003. Amsterdam, John Benjamins.
Keywords: Spanish, relative clauses, word order, prosody, phonological phrases
Areas: Prosody-syntax interface
Type: Book Chapter

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