Value Zero and gap

Language:
Seychelles Creole
Parameter:
Object relative clauses

Examples

  1. Sa garson mon ti vwar dan bazar i neve mon madanm.
    Sa
    the
    garson
    boy
    [Ø
    [Ø
    mon
    1sg
    ti
    pst
    vwar
    see
    dan
    in
    bazar]
    market]
    i
    3sg
    neve
    nephew
    mon
    1sg.poss
    madanm.
    wife
    The boy whom I saw in the market is the nephew of my wife.
  2. Tou kalorifer ou fer ek laso fodre i annan later rouz.
    Tou
    all
    kalorifer
    heating
    Ø
    Ø
    ou
    2sg
    fer
    make
    ek
    with
    laso
    lime
    fodre
    must
    i
    there
    annan
    is
    later
    soil
    rouz.
    red
    All the heatings which you make with lime, you must put red soil into them.
    French: Tous les calorifères que vous faites avec de la chaux, il faut y mettre de la terre rouge. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 113)

    See Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 112ff.