THE EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVIZATION STRATEGIES IN WRITTEN ACADEMIC ENGLISH AS A FUNCTION OF THE SEMANTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ANTECEDENT
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https://doi.org/10.22409/cadletrasuff.v33i64.52158Abstract
The alternation of relativization strategies is analyzed in a sample of academic texts from different areas of knowledge written by native English-speakers. Quantitative-based variationist analysis revealed a close correlation between the relativization strategy employed and the semantic value of the term to which the relative clause is linked, which was explained based on the semantic theory of the Principle of Thematic Hierarchy, vis-à-vis its syntactic counterpart: the Hierarchy of Accessibility. On the extralinguistic level, there was also a correlation between the choice of the relativization strategy with the area of knowledge and the sex of the author of the text. Finally, we sought to point out ways to apply these findings to the teaching of English for specific purposes.
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