Value Relative clause follows noun

Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Order of relative clause and noun
References
Quint 2000: 213-214

Examples

  1. [...], e txoma Iáni ki ka kudi.
    [...],
    [...]
    e=txoma
    3sg=call
    Iáni
    Iáni
    ki=ka=kudi.
    comp=neg=answer
    [...], she called for Iáni, who didn't answer.
    German: [...], sie rief nach Iáni, der nicht antwortete.

    See da Silva 1987: 48

  2. Gomis labánta, e buska si jéru k'el ka átxa.
    Gomis
    Gomis
    labánta,
    get.up
    e=buska
    3sg=search
    si=jéru
    3sg.poss=son.in.law
    k=el=ka=átxa.
    comp=3sg=neg=find
    Gomis stood up and looked for his son-in-law, whom he didn't find.
    German: Gomis stand auf und suchte seinen Schwiegersohn, den er nicht fand.

    See da Silva 1987: 48

  3. Mudjer tinha se madrinha, k'éra un mudjer ki mudjer tinha mutu amizádi ku el.
    Mudjer
    woman
    tinha
    have.ant
    se=madrinha,
    3sg.poss=godmother
    k=éra
    comp=be.ant
    un=mudjer
    art.indf=woman
    ki=mudjer
    comp=woman
    tinha
    have.ant
    mutu
    much
    amizádi
    friendship
    ku=el.
    with=3sg
    The woman had a godmother, who was a woman that the woman was good friends with.
    German: Die Frau hatte ihre Patentante, die eine Frau war, mit der die Frau eng befreundet war.

    See da Silva 1987: 172