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Example 16-13
pipu we dɛm dè dè wɔʧ dɛ fiʃ
pipu
people
we
comp
dɛm
3pl
dè
3pl
dè
hab
wɔʧ
watch
dɛ
art
fiʃ
fish
people who minded the fish
Comment:
The complementizer (relativizer)
we
and the resumptive pronoun within the relative clause (here:
dè
) are optional.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 181
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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