restingwhich
Restingwhich is a neologism used in discourse analysis and adjacent fields to describe a hypothetical syntactic unit formed when a participial phrase describing a resting state is linked to a subsequent specification or choice by a relative clause introduced by which. The concept is intended to capture a compact pattern in which rest-related description and a referential choice are combined within a single clause. The term blends resting and which, highlighting the role of pause, reflection, or state-change in guiding referential resolution.
The term restingwhich was first proposed in online discussions around word formation and grammar in the early
In theoretical discussions, restingwhich is treated as a nonstandard construction that may arise in informal speech
Restingwhich relates to the study of gerund-participial phrases, relative clauses, and focus marking. It is sometimes
Relative clause, participial phrase, focus, discourse marker.