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Value Relative particle and gap with preposition stranding
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Instrument relative clauses
References
Prescod 2004
: 190
Examples
Dat a i hevi mashiin
we/da
i posh evriting duhng wid.
Dat
dem
a
cop
i
art
hevi
heavy
mashiin
machine
we/da
rel
i
3sg
posh
push
evriting
everything
duhng
down
wid
with
∅.
∅
That’s the heavy machinery/equipment with which he pushed everything down.
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