English Dictionary

shadow pronoun

noun

(grammar) A pronoun that is inserted into a subordinate clause to refer to the antecedent of the relative pronoun, often converting the subordinate clause into a clause that can stand on its own as a sentence.

The shadow cast by the tree was long.

意味（1）

(grammar) A pronoun that is inserted into a subordinate clause to refer to the antecedent of the relative pronoun, often converting the subordinate clause into a clause that can stand on its own as a sentence.

Perlmutter proposes that all chopping rules are rules that leave a shadow pronoun subsequently deleted.