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Example 7-219
Di man
we/da
bil da hous de i duhn ded.
Di
art
man
man
we/da
rel
bil
build
da
dem
hous
house
de
there
i
3sg
duhn
compl
ded.
dead
The man who built that house is dead.
Comment:
The 'repeated' pronoun occurs only outside the relative clause, not immediately to the right of the relative marker. It does not qualify for 'resumptive' status.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Subject relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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