Relative clauses in HPSG

We provide an extended discussion of analyses of relative clauses (prototypically
clauses with a noun modifying function) and related constructions that have
appeared in the HPSG literature. The basic theoretical approaches are presented
(specifically, the lexical “head-driven” approach associated with earlier work in
HPSG and the more recent constructional approach), followed by descriptions of
analyses of different kinds of relative clause across a range of typologically
diverse languages (notably Arabic, English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean).
Phenomena discussed include wh-relatives, relatives headed by complementisers,
“bare” relatives, non-restrictive relatives, extraposition of relative clauses, relative
clause-like constructions that function as complements, various kinds of
“dependent noun” and “pseudo” relative clause, and free (headless) relatives.