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New page: A '''resumptive pronoun''' is a pronoun that refers back to a previously realized item within the same syntactic structure. Resumptive pronouns are often found in relative clauses, wh...

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A '''resumptive pronoun''' is a pronoun that refers back to a previously realized item within the same syntactic structure.

Resumptive pronouns are often found in [[relative clause]]s, where they are realized twice -- once as relative pronoun and once as resumptive pronoun.

In [[generative syntax]], resumptive pronouns are seen as an alternative strategy to movement (Haegeman 1994: 409), they are spell-out forms, where otherwise (i.e. if movement would have applied properly) only invisible [[trace]]s would be left.

===Examples===

The strategy to form relative clauses with resumptive pronouns is applied in non-standard [[French]]:

{|
| Voici || l'homme || que || Marie || '''lui''' || a || parlé

|-
| here_is || the_man || that || Marie || to_him || has || talked
|}

'Here is the man that Marie has talked to' (cited after Haegeman 1994: 409)

===Reference===

*Haegeman, Liliane. 1994. ''Introduction to Government and Binding Theory.'' 2nd Edn. Oxford: Blackwell.

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-A '''resumptive pronoun''' is a pronoun that refers back to a previously realized item within the same syntactic structure.
+==Definition==
+A '''resumptive pronoun''' is a pronoun that refers back to a previously realized item within the same syntactic structure. Resumptive pronouns are often found in [[relative clause]]s, where they are realized twice -- once as relative pronoun and once as resumptive pronoun. <br>
 In [[generative syntax]], resumptive pronouns are seen as an alternative strategy to movement (Haegeman  1994: 409), they are spell-out forms, where otherwise (i.e. if movement would have applied properly) only invisible [[trace]]s would be left.
 '''Resumptive pronoun''' is a pronoun which appears in the position of the [[variable]] bound by a ''wh''-phrase.
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 The strategy to form relative clauses with resumptive pronouns is applied in non-standard [[French]]:
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 The resulting [[chain]] presumably violates [[subjacency]]. In (i), on the other hand, ''who'' has not been moved. But being an operator, it must bind a variable, in this case the resumptive pronoun ''him''.
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+== References ==
 * Chomsky, N. 1982. ''Some concepts and consequences of the theory of government and binding,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
 * Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.
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 In [[generative syntax]], resumptive pronouns are seen as an alternative strategy to movement (Haegeman  1994: 409), they are spell-out forms, where otherwise (i.e. if movement would have applied properly) only invisible [[trace]]s would be left.
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 'Here is the man that Marie has talked to' (cited after Haegeman 1994: 409)
-*Haegeman, Liliane. 1994. ''Introduction to Government and Binding Theory.'' 2nd Edn. Oxford: Blackwell.
+in (i) ''him'' is a resumptive pronoun bound by ''who'' and interpreted as a [[bound variable]].
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