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4.2.3%Relative%pronouns%and%antecedents%in%non-restrictive%relative%clauses% ! REMINDER:!Non-restrictive!relative!clauses!give!extra!information!on!the!antecedent,!but!do! not!restrict!the!number!of!potential!referents.!! ! A!number!of!relative!pronouns!can!be!used,!cf.!Table!3.4!p.!127.!N.B:!that!is!not!accepted!in! NRRCs.!! ! When!the!relative!pronoun!is!object!of!a!preposition,!refers!to!an!animate!referent,!and! directly!follows!the!preposition!=>!whom.! ! NRRCs!are!easy!to!spot,!since!they!are!characteristically!preceded,!and!sometimes!also! followed,!by!a!comma.!! ! Furthermore,!NRRCs!can!have!an!antecedent!that!is!not!an!NP!but!a!complete!clause:!! ! 1. Ours)have)a)slightly)Renaissance)Fair)vibe)to)them,!which!I!think!is!a!mistake.! 2. They)don't)have)any)musical)barriers,!which!I!love.! ! 4.2.4%The%relative%determiner%whose% ! Not!all!RCs!are!introduced!by!a!relative!pronoun,!some!are!introduced!by!the!possessive! relative!determiner.!Usually!used!with!animate!referents.!! ! 3. In!our!small!town,!Marcie!was!the)only)child!whose!parents!were!divorced.! 4. I!have!a)friend!whose!most!vivid!Christmas!memory!centers!on!a!bowl!of! peppermint!ice!cream.! ! But!also!with!inanimate!referents,!when!they!are!actually!notionally!referring!to!a!group!of! human!beings:! ! 5. That!will!make!him!a!better!leader!for!a)country!whose!troops!are!recovering! from!two!long!wars.! 6. We!want!to!thank!Doctors!Without!Borders,!the)organization!whose!camp!we!are! in!right!now.! ! And!also!quite!often!with!straight-on!inanimate!referents!(although!they!are!less!frequent):!! ! 7. I!hardly!ever!stepped!outside,!much!less!away!from!the)book!whose!translation!I! regretted!having!undertaken.! 8. Tuvia!was!sitting!on!the!fender!of!a)car!whose!engine!had!been!taken!apart.! ! 4.2.5%RCs%with%partitive%meaning% ! 9. Over!the!years,!detectives!have!reviewed!62)items)of)evidence,!none+of+which! have!led!to!the!identity!of!the!victim!or!a!suspect.!

10. Kurt!Cobain!exists!in!a!dorm-room-poster!afterlife,!sanctified!by!fans,!many+of+ whom!were!born!after!his!suicide!in!April!1994.! 11. Our!cells!contain!forty-six)chromosomes,!each+of+which!is!linear.! 12. Japan!was!governed!by!the)samurai)overlords,!the+most+powerful+of+whom!was! the!shogun!of!the!Tokugawa!lineage.! 13. For!just!that!reason!the!film!is!divided!into!two)hours,!the+second+of+which!is! concerned!with!intelligence.! ! EXERCISE)24.))...