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Subject relative clauses
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Relative particle and gap Frequency: 70.0%
Example 13-164:
The big man what is the head in the medical college turn the people out.
The
the
big
big
man
man.
sbj
[what
[
rel
.
pcl
.
sbj
__
__
is
is
the
the
head
head
in
in
the
the
medical
medical
college]
college]
turn
turn
the
the
people
people
out.
out
The big man who is the head of the medical college turned the people out.
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 153
Confidence:
Certain
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Zero and gap Frequency: 30.0%
Example 13-165:
I have a friend went away.
I
I
have
have
a
a
friend
friend
[Ø
[Ø
__
__
went
went
away].
away]
I have a friend who went away.
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 118
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Subject relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
Cunningham 1992
: 153
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