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Order of relative clause and noun
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Relative clause follows noun
Example 21-11:
The boy pinch my sister one very naughty.
The
det
boy
boy
pinch
pinch
my
1sg
.
poss
sister
sister
one
rel
very
very
naughty.
naughty
The boy who pinches/pinched my sister is very naughty.
Source:
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 67
Example 21-12:
the way that acrolectal speakers say it
the way that acrolectal speakers say it
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Order of relative clause and noun
Source:
Alsagoff 1995
;
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 66-71
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