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relative clauses Mauritian Creole (language) syntax specificity resumption pronouns creole languages propositions relatives créole mauricien (langue) résomptif syntaxe spécificité langues créoles pronomsSujets proches
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Muhsina Alleesaib, « Resumptive pronouns in Mauritian: examining the nature of specificity effects », HAL-SHS : linguistique, ID : 10670/1.4h8idi
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This study looks at Discourse-linking effects in Mauritian Creole relative clauses where the use of a resumptive pronoun triggers a reading whereby one or more individuals is selected from a contextually-defined subset of individuals. Mauritian Creole resumptives confirm Erteschik-Shir's (1992) hypothesis concerning the 'restrictive focus' reading. Resumption is also incompatible with Sells' (1984)'concept' reading. Furthermore, I look at the interaction between determiners and resumptive pronouns: it is observed that bare nouns and indefinite noun phrases cannot be the antecedent of a resumptive. As a consequence, it is not possible to observe the purportedly obligatory wide-scope reading of resumptives in Mauritian.