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Value Relative particle and gap with preposition stranding
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Instrument relative clauses
References
Escure 1993
Examples
I gat mora wan tiŋ
we
a de tiŋk bowt.
I
it
gat
got
mora
more.of
wan
one
tiŋ
thing
[we
[
rel
a
1sg
de
prog
tiŋk
think
bowt
about
_].
_]
There is more than one thing that I'm thinking about.
See
Escure 2004
: 531
Yu had dis laya
we
dey de taak bowt.
Yu
you.
gener
had
had
dis
this
laya
lawyer
[we
[
rel
dey
3pl
de
prog
taak
talk
bowt
about
_].
_]
There was this lawyer that they were talking about.
See
Escure 1992
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