Appositive relative clause

The term appositive relative clause is sometimes used in the same sense as nonrestrictive relative clause.

Example

English My only brother Pedro, who is a Catholic priest, lives in Lima. (Contrasting with a restrictive relative clause, e.g. The woman who wants to become an Anglican priest is my cousin.)

Polysemy

The term appositive is also used in the context of

• apposition (a kind of NP modifier)
• appositive noun phrases

Synonym

• nonrestrictive relative clause

Origin

Perhaps the term is due to Smith (1964).

Reference

• Smith, Carlota S. 1964. Determiners and relative clauses in a generative grammar of English. Language 40:37-52.