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Relative Adverbs in Spanish: A Transformational Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

William W. Cressey
William W. Cressey*
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University of Michigan
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Abstract

This study proposes a transformational analysis for Spanish adverbial clauses of time, place, and manner. Sentences such as He arrived when I left are treated as reduced versions of sentences like He arrived at the time when I left. This latter sentence, in turn, is viewed as an alternate form of the following: He arrived at the time at which I left (the Spanish equivalent of this sentence is somewhat less artificial sounding than the English). This last sentence is then derived from two simple sentences (I left at some time; he arrived at the time) by application of a relative clause transformation.

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Language , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , September 1968 , pp. 487 - 500
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Copyright © 1968 by Linguistic Society of America

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