[Ads-l] Name of this construction?

[Jonathan Lighter]

That'll impress 'em!  (Impressed me.) Thanks!

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 1:17 PM Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu>
wrote:

> > On Sep 20, 2019, at 9:26 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Arnold can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this would be an
> example
> > of a "gapless relative" where the resumptive pronoun ("their") rescues an
> > island violation. Arnold calls that "ResIsland" for short.
> >
> > http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005022.html
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:43 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a technical term for this kind of malconstruction?
> >>
> >> I first noticed it when I began teaching (late '70s), but it may go
> back to
> >> when time began.  I've rarely seen it in print. (Online is another
> story.):
> >>
> >> "Which authors do you absolutely refuse to read their books? "
>
> somewhat fuller reference:
>
> AZ, 10/14/07: More gapless relatives:
>
> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005022.html
>
> summary: non-standard English has (at least) three types of gapless
> relatives, two with (resumptive) pronouns instead of gaps (ResPrince, named
> for Ellen Prince; and ResIsland, so named because the pronoun averts an
> island constraint), and one with neither a gap nor a pronoun (NoPro)
>
> .....
>
> so i guess the technical term Jon wants is _resumptive pronoun_ (in a
> particular subtype of _gapless relative_ construction in non-standard
> English)
>
> arnold
>
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