Relativization Structures in Hindi

Abstract

We now turn to a consideration of relativization structures in Hindi, which are distinguished by the fact that relative clauses readily occur at the periphery of the main clause. As mentioned in chapter I, central to the issue of locality here is the relation between the adjoined relative clause and the main clause DP with which it is construed. The basic thesis I advance is that there are two different types of relativization involved. While right-adjoined relatives are noun modifiers, left-adjoined relatives are generalized quantifiers. Though they enter into different relations with the nominal in the main clause, locality is respected in each case.¹