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Example 7-13
I gyel
we/da
taalboi laik ha tu pikni.
I
art
gyel
girl
we/da
rel
taalboi
tallboy
laik
like
ha
have
tu
two
pikni.
child
The girl whom Tallboy likes has two children.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 199
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’: Experiencer is subject
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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