Resumptive pronoun
A resumptive pronoun (or resuming forming pronoun) is a possessive , personnel or demonstrative that a preceding sentence topic repeated in the set. It is in the same place where the sentence topic would be if it weren't in front.
Examples of the use of sumptive pronouns in the German language :
| Type of sumptive pronoun | example |
|---|---|
| possessive pronouns | The woman, we found her wallet. |
| Personal pronouns | The teacher, I did n't tell him anything. |
| Demonstrative pronouns | Watch out, the it has not comfortable. |
Resumptive pronouns are also used in other languages:
Sumerian :
| lugal-ak | dumu- ani -ra |
| King genitive | Children . Possessive pronouns - dative |
| "For the king's child" (lit .: "the king, for his child") | |
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- Dietz-Otto Edzard (2003): A Sumerian Grammar. Brill publishing house, Leiden / Netherlands. (English)
- Martin Salzmann (2004): Resumptive Pronouns and Matching Effects in Zurich German Relative Clauses as Distributed Deletion. Leiden University Center for Linguistics (LUCL), Leiden / Netherlands. (English)
- Werner Frey (2005): On the syntax of the left periphery in German . In: Franz Josef d'Avis (Ed.): Deutsche Syntax. Empiricism and Theory (Göteborger Germanistische Forschungen 46), 147–171. Gothenburg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.