1、 江培琳华南师范大学The chairman who spoke first sat on my right.The chairman,who spoke first,sat on my right.Defining:define or identify which person or thingNon-defining:add extra information,could be left outThe chairman(who spoke first)sat on my right.antecedent（先行词）introducer（引导词）who spoke first.Function
2、s of introducerlto introduce an attributive clauselto take the place of antecedent and act as a certain component in the clauseintroducerrelative pronounwhowhomwhichthatwhoserelative adverbwherewhenwhyrelative pronoun:act as subject,object or attributive in the clause作主语作主语作宾语作宾语作定语作定语指人whowho/whom可
3、省略whose指物Whichwhich/that可省略whose指人或物thatthatwhosee.g.I have finished the book which/that you lent me.=I have finished the book you lent me.relative adverb:act as adverbial in the clauserelative adverbFunctionwhereadverbial of placewhenadverbial of timewhyadverbial of reasonwhich/that/省略This is the h
4、ouse I worked two years ago.I worked in the house two years ago.This is the house I visited.I visited the house.whereI cant never forget the day we worked together and the day we spent together.We worked on the day together.We spent the day together.whenwhich non-defining:no thatThe speech went on and on,(which/that)bored everyone.prep+whom/whiche.g.The man to (who/whom)I spoke was very friendly.lexceptionslrelative pronoun vs.relative adverblnon-defining:no thatlprep+whom/whichThanks for your listening.
