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The purpose of this study is to examine the distributional patterns of relative pronouns and identify the pragmatic factors that affect the choice of a particular type of relative pronoun in discourse. To find out the pragmatic factors that characterize the use of relative pronouns, we examined overall types of relative pronouns employed in discourse on a corpus-based analysis, and investigated the combinational patterns of relative clauses in written and spoken discourse. The findings from the data analysis showed that relative pronouns, as an ‘accessibility marker’, can be a parameter in combining with a particular type of relative clause in discourse as follows: 1) ‘salience’ function: zero < that < which < who < whom; 2) ‘unification’ function: zero > that > which or who > whom. Consequently, we claim that the choice of an antecedent-relative pronoun combination is determined by the pragmatic factors such as ‘salience’ and ‘unification’, which contribute to the facilitation of language processing and production.

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I. Introduction
 II. Literature Review
 III. Research Methods
 IV. Findings and Discussions
  4.1 Subjective Relative Pronouns with Human Antecedents: that or who
  4.2 Subjective Relative Pronouns with Non-human Antecedents that or which
  4.3 Objective Relative Pronouns with Human Antecedents:zero, that, who, or whom
  4.4 Objective Relative Pronouns with Non-human Antecedents: zero, that, or which
 V. Conclusions
 Works Cited
 Abstract

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• Jang, Eun-Young [ 장은영 | Kangwon National University ] First Auther
• 김경열 [ Kim, Kyungyul | Kangwon National University ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810