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Example 25-314
Wot thet lijad
we
im jidan?
Wot
what
thet
dem
lijad
lizard
we
subord
im
3sg
jidan?
sit
What's the lizard that stays?
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the generalized subordinate/relative clause with a subject relative clause interpretation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Subject relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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