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Example 9-175
Yu had dis laya
we
dey de taak bowt.
Yu
you.
gener
had
had
dis
this
laya
lawyer
[we
[
rel
dey
3pl
de
prog
taak
talk
bowt
about
_].
_]
There was this lawyer that they were talking about.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1992
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Relative particle and gap with preposition stranding
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