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Example 19-180
ɛ̀f yù chɔp ɔl dis chɔp
we è
no dɔn, tumɔro yù gò sik.
ɛ̀f
if
yù
2sg
chɔp
eat
ɔl
all
dis
this
chɔp
food
[we
[
subord
è
3sg
.
sbj
no
neg
dɔn],
done]
tumɔro
tomorrow
yù
2sg
gò
pot
sik.
be.sick
If you eat all this food that is not well-done, tomorrow you will be sick.
Comment:
The use of a resumptive pronoun is pervasive in subject relative clauses if the head noun is specific.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 509
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Subject relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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