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Example 25-55
Yu ken ji jet fingganeil trek we im openim.
Yu
2sg
ken
can
ji
see
jet
dem
fingga-neil
finger-nail
trek
track
we
subord
im
3sg
open-im.
open-
tr
You can see the claws' track where it comes out into the open. (talking about a goanna [large lizard])
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the spatial use of general subordinate clause ('adjoined relative clause').
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Adjoined relative clause
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