Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: Rethinking Theoretical and Geographical Boundaries

Co-edited by Bernard Comrie and Peter Sells.

This volume presents a cross-linguistic investigation of clausal noun-modifying constructions in genetically varied languages of Eurasia. Contrary to a common premise that, in any language, adnominal clauses that share some features of relative clauses constitute a structurally distinct construction, some languages of Eurasia exhibit a General Noun-Modifying Clause Construction (GNMCC) -- a single construction covering a wide range of semantic relations between the head noun and the clause. 

Yoshiko Matsumoto is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and, by courtesy, of Linguistics, and is Yamato Ichihashi Chair in Japanese History and Civilization.