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Default Re: Which does this refer to?

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Originally Posted by Taka
The sentence:

One part of American culture which has not changed since the postwar economic boom of the 1950s is consumerism

About the relative pronoun above, which does it refer to; "one part" or "American culture"?

Taka

Structurally, 'which' refers to "One part of American culture". Semantically, 'which' refers to "consumerism", which is one part of American culture.

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