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Example 22-20
I gat wanpla lapun meri em sa stap long hap.
I
pm
gat
got
wanpla
one
lapun
old
meri
woman
em
3sg
sa
hab
stap
stay
long
at
hap.
side
There was an old woman who stayed there.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 2002
: 150
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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