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Example 25-58
Ola munanga, dei bin kraikrai bla alabat bisnis
dei bin lusim
[...].
Ola
pl
munanga,
non-Aboriginal
dei
3pl
bin
pst
krai~krai
red
.cry
bla
dat
/
poss
alabat
3pl
bisnis
business
dei
3pl
bin
pst
lus-im
lose-
tr
[...].
[...]
The non-Aboriginals, they were crying for their businesses which they lost [...].
Comment:
Variety: Katherine. This example illustrates an unmarked object relative clause without resumptive pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Angelo et al. 1998
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Object relative clauses: Zero and gap
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