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Value Relative particle and gap
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Subject relative clauses
References
Winford 2000
: 71
Examples
a man
di
gi mi a papira
a
det
man
man
di
rel
gi
give
mi
me
a
det
papira
paper
the man who gave me the paper
See
Wilner 1992
: 19
A libi
di
ben de a fosi nanga di fu now papa a no wan.
A
det
libi
life
di
rel
ben
pst
de
cop
a
at
fosi
first
nanga
and
di
that
fu
of
now
now
papa
father
a
cop
no
neg
wan.
one
Life today is different from that of the days gone by.
A sani
di
de nownow unu no man tyari.
A
the
sani
thing
di
rel
de
cop
nownow
now
unu
1pl
no
neg
man
can
tyari.
bear
What we now have is tough to bear.
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