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As PP of reason
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Adpositional Phrases (PPs) of reason may be relativized.

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An example of the relativization of a PP of reason is provided below:

1
Safolle redenen om it eigene heech te hâlden hiene wy net
so.many reasons for the own high to hold had we not
We did not have so many reasons to hold our own customs in high esteem

It is clear from the contrast below that a PP of reason as a whole is the target of relativization:

2
a. Wy holden it eigene heech om dy reden
we held the own high for that reason
We held our own customs in high esteem for that reason
b. *Wy holden it eigene heech dy reden
we held the own high that reason
We held our own customs in high esteem for that reason

Examples such as (1) seem to imply, in combination with examples such as (2a), that the antecedent of relativisation is an NP whereas the element that has been relativised is a PP.

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