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Object relative clauses
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Relative particle and gap Frequency: 50.0%
Example 13-166:
The cabbage
what
they plant - they go cut that next month.
The
the
cabbage
cabbage
[what
[
rel
.
pcl
.
obj
they
they
plant
plant
_]
_]
-
they
they
go
go
cut
cut
that
that
next
next
month
month
The cabbage that they planted - they are going to cut that next month.
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 153
Confidence:
Certain
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Zero and gap Frequency: 50.0%
Example 13-167:
The woman love the girl she boy marry.
The
the
woman
woman
love
love
the
the
girl
girl
[Ø
[Ø
she
she
boy
boy
marry
marry
_].
_]
The woman loves the girl her boy married.
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 120
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Object relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
Cunningham 1992
: 153
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