Light-headed relatives

Barbara Citko

This paper provides an account of the syntax and semantics of Polish relatives
headed by demonstrative elements, (henceforth called Light-Headed Relatives).  
I examine the properties of Light-Headed Relatives that distinguish them from 
both Headed and Headless Relatives.  The analysis I provide for Light-Headed 
Relatives relies crucially on the contribution of a demonstrative pronoun which 
I argue parallels the contribution of a demonstrative pronoun in equative 
statements. I argue that Equatives and Light-Headed Relatives are parallel 
structurally, and that both involve an equative copula selecting a small clause 
constituent, composed of two noun phrases in the case of Equatives and of two 
clauses in the case of Light-Headed Relatives. 

Keywords: Light-Headed Relatives, Equative statements, Determiner Copulas, Demonstrative pronouns, Correlatives.