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has gloss | eng: Attraction is the process by which a relative pronoun takes on—that is, is "attracted to" -- the case of its antecedent, rather than having the case appropriate to its function in the relative clause. For example, in this English sentence, the relative pronoun has the appropriate case, namely, the accusative: |
lexicalization | eng: Attraction |
instance of | (noun) the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) grammar |
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has gloss | fra: En grammaire, le phénomène de l’attraction consiste en la contamination d’un pronom relatif, qui normalement devrait prendre le cas dicté par sa fonction dans la proposition, par son antécédent. Son cas est alors, de façon erronée, celui correspondant à la fonction de cet antécédent. |
lexicalization | fra: Attraction |
Italian | |
has gloss | ita: L'attrazione è il processo grammaticale per cui un pronome relativo prende - "viene attratto a" - il caso del suo antecedente, invece che avere il caso appropriato alla sua funzione grammaticale. |
lexicalization | ita: attrazione |
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