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Example 12-231
In them days people used to had bad sores, right? And you know what my granddaddy used to cure them sores with?
[...]
[...]
you
2sg
.
sbj
know
know
what
pro
[
obj
]
my
1sg
.
poss
granddaddy
granddaddy
used
hab
.
pst
to
hab
.
pst
cure
cure
them
pl
sores
sore.
pl
with?
with
[...] And do you know what my grandfather used to cure sores with?
Comment:
This is not a relative clause construction, but it is the only construction I have been able to find in my sociolinguistic interviews.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Relative particle and gap with preposition stranding
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