On the morphosyntax of Spanish (object) relative clauses

This paper discusses the syntax of Spanish restrictive subject and object relative clauses, focusing on the categorial status of the relative element que. Specifically, I extend the influential account of Poletto & Sanfelici (2018) to Spanish, proposing a unified analysis of que in terms of a Wh-determiner. In examining the morphosyntactic implications of this hypothesis, I further argue that a single que exists that can realise different portions of the same underlying structure, based on a spanning-like derivation a la ` Svenonius (2012; 2016; 2020).