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Value Zero and gap
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Parameter:
Subject relative clauses
References
Saldin 2001
: 64-65
Examples
Jalan spanjang elari (aða) ayang baisikal attu ring tabuntur kinna emaati (aða).
[Jalan
[road
spanjang
along
e-lari
asp
-run
(aða)]
(
aux
)]
ayang
chicken
baisikal-attu-ring
bicycle-
indf
-
ins
tabuntur-kinna
hit-
pass
e-maati
asp
-die
(aða).
(
aux
)
The chicken which ran along the road was hit by a bicycle and died.
Java aromong gulputi Kirindena atibalek.
[Java
[Malay
ar-omong]
prs
-speak]
gulputi
white.person
Kirinde-na
Kirinda-
dat
ati-balek.
fut
-return
The white person that speaks Malay will return to Kirinda.
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