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Example 42-13
jenti konta stori rainya omi
jenti
person
konta
tell
stori
story
rainya
queen
omi
man
People who tell traditional stories (stori rainya) are men. OR: The person who tells traditional stories is a man.
Comment:
This relative clause does not contain a relativizer. In Baxter (1988) it is referred to as a reducing relative clause.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Baxter 1988
: 111
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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