In search of nothing in particular. A cross-linguistic study of advanced learners' use of the English zero relativizer

• The zero relativizer (as in "People _ I know") is found only in English and in Nordic languages. By means of the ICLE corpus of learner essays, the article investigates to what extent advanced learners with other than Nordic mother tongues (German and Italian) succeed in acquiring and using this construction.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Studier av enskilda språk (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Languages (hsv//eng)

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corpus linguistics

syntax

relative clauses

English

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