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Tok Pisin
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Subject relative clauses
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Zero and gap Frequency: 55.6%
Example 22-160:
Mi save long wanpela meri i gat twenti pikinini.
Mi
1sg
save
know
long
prep
wan-pela
one-
mod
meri
woman
i
pm
gat
have
twenti
twenty
pikinini.
children
I know a woman who has twenty children.
Confidence:
Certain
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Zero and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 33.3%
Example 22-158:
Dispela pik em sa kaikai ol man em sa raun.
Dispela
this
pik
pig
em
3sg
sa
hab
kaikai
eat
ol
pl
man
man
em
3sg
sa
hab
raun.
go.round
This pig who eats people was going around.
Source:
Smith 2002
: 150, Madang M16
Confidence:
Certain
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Relative particle and gap Frequency: 11.1%
Example 22-159:
Em stori blo wanpla sneik
we
i bin stap lo Bali [...].
Em
3sg
stori
story
blo
of
wan-pla
one-
adj
sneik
snake
we
rel
i
pm
bin
pst
stap
stay
lo
prep
Bali
Bali
[...].
[...]
It's the story of a snake that lived in Bali [...].
Source:
nd
: 15 year old female, West New Britain
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Subject relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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