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Example 55-173
sizo
avek ki
li ti kup en ledwa la
sizo
scissors
avek
with
ki
which
li
s/he
ti
pst
kup
cut
en
indf
ledwa
finger
la
det
the scissors with which s/he cut a finger
Comment:
The article
la
relates to the whole noun phrase, not to 'finger'. No count noun can simultaneously occur with both the indefinite and definite articles -
en
'one' applies to 'finger' alone;
la
applies to the whole NP.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Relative pronoun with pied-piping
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