Las oraciones de relativo y la definitud de su antecedente expreso

Abstract

The paper is concerned with the (in)definite reference of a noun phrase which is the head of a relative clause in Spanish. Speaker and hearer do not share any knowledge of the referent on the basis of previous mention (anaphora) or situational uses. There is something about the relative clause which makes a first-mention definite article possible. We take an insight into the contents of the description conveyed by such relatives

Keywords

• relative clause
• (in)definiteness of a head noun phrase
• first-mention definite article
• identification of a referent