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Example 53-21
Tou piti-ye mo gen a se pou li.
Tou
all
piti-ye
child-
pl
mo
1sg
gen
have
a
det
.
def
.
sg
se
are
pou
for
li.
him
All of the children that I have are his. OR: He is the father of all of my children.
Comment:
Note that the definite determiner
a
here qualifies the whole NP, including relative clause:
tout piti-ye mo gen
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 226
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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