relative (adj./n.) (rel, REL)

A term used in GRAMMATICAL DESCRIPTION to characterize PRONOUNS which may be used to introduce a POSTMODIFYING CLAUSE within a NOUN PHRASE, and by extension to the clause as a whole (relative clauses). Relative pronouns in English include who, which, whom, whose and that (see WH-), as used in such relative clauses as the man who went was . . . When and where are sometimes called relative adverbs, when linking a relative clause to a MAIN clause (e.g. I remember the day (when) I first saw John, I remember the street where I lived as a child). Several detailed CLASSIFICATIONS of relative pronouns and clauses have been made, distinguishing such types as: adnominal (e.g. The answer which I received . . . ); nominal or free, which have no HEAD, and are therefore sometimes called headless (What interests me is his motive . . . ); sentential (e.g. It’s said she’s back in the country – which I just don’t believe); and zero or contact relatives (e.g. There’s the bus I caught). Widely recognized in TRADITIONAL as well as in LINGUISTIC grammars is the contrast between restrictive (or defining) and non-restrictive (or non-defining) types of relative: The Bible which I own was given to me by my grandmother v. The Bible, which I often read, is my favorite book. In classical TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR, the process of forming a relative-clause CONSTRUCTION is known as relativization.

A term used in linguistic theory to refer to a type of UNIVERSAL. A relative universal is one which characterizes a general tendency in a language, and allows for exceptions; it contrasts with ABSOLUTE universal.

A term used in HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS, referring to one way of characterizing the temporal relationship between language changes: to say that one change occurs before another is a statement of relative chronology. A contrast is intended with absolute chronology, where it is possible to state the specific time-periods when the changes took place.

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اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم صناعة الشبابيك يشرع بإدامة شباكين قديمين لمرقد الإمامين العسكريين (عليهما السلام)

فرقة العباس (عليه السلام) تختتم خدماتها المقدمة للزائرين في سامراء

موكب العتبتين المقدستين يحيي ذكرى استشهاد الإمام الهادي (عليه السلام) في سامراء

العتبة العسكرية المقدسة تكرّم وفد العتبة العباسية المقدسة لمشاركته في تقديم الخدمات للزائرين

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الآخبار الصحية

كنز غذائي على طبقك.. ماذا تفعل السبانخ بجسمك؟

ما لا يتوقعه أحد.. "سر غذائي" في الجبن الدسم

لتحسين الهضم والنوم.. هذا أفضل وقت لتناول العشاء

10 طرق بسيطة وغير مألوفة لحرق المزيد من السعرات يوميا

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

سابقة بعالم الطيران.. طائرة تقرر الهبوط بنفسها بعد ظرف طارئ

"الإنفلونزا الخارقة" تكتسح دول العالم.. وتثير قلقا كبيرا

مرحلة ما قبل الأعراض.. دواء جديد يستهدف "شرارة" الزهايمر

إزالة ثاني أكسيد الكربون من الغلاف الجوي.. ما دور المحيطات والبحار؟

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مواضيع ذات صلة

Zero-anaphora (“pro-drop”)

Annotated Phrase Structure trees

Word-level (lexical) categories

Syntax and speech

Word Order- Classifiers and phrasal dependents in DP

Word order- Suffixal Pl and Art

Syntax Word order and restrictive vs. nonrestrictive modification

Syntax

Language Mixture—Grammar

Change in grammar and pronunciation

Word order

Grammaticalization.