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Example 39-20
ikəl raprig
ki
vẽdew jɔrnal
ikəl
dem
raprig
girl
ki
rel
vẽde-w
sell-
pst
jɔrnal
newspaper
the girl who sold (me) the newspaper
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Cardoso 2004-2008
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: Definite article is preposed
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: Demonstrative identical to definite article
Subject relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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