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Example 55-14
zom ki met en simiz ruz la
zom
man
[ki
who
met
put
en
a
simiz
shirt
ruz]
red
la
the
the man who is wearing a red shirt
Comment:
Note that the definite article
la
follows the relative clause.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Ludwig et al. 2001
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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