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Value Relative clause follows noun
Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Order of relative clause and noun
Examples
Sheila going to that place that pay better.
Sheila
Sheila
going
going
to
to
that
that
place
place
that
that
pay
pays
better.
better
Sheila is going to that place that pays better.
See
Martin and Wolfram 1998
: 31
It was a nurse and a nurse's aid used to stand up at the door.
It
expl
was
was
a
a
nurse
nurse
and
and
a
a
nurse's
nurse's
aid
aid
used
used
to
to
stand
stand
up
up
at
at
the
the
door.
door
There was a nurse and a nurse's aid who used to stand up at the door.
See
Green 2002
: 90
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