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Order of relative clause and noun
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Relative clause follows noun
Example 53-20:
Inave en vye nom ki te gen en vye neg.
Inave
exist
.
pst
en
art
.
indf
vye
old
nom
man
ki
rel
te
pst
gen
have
en
art
.
indf
vye
old
neg.
black.man
There was an old man who had an old black man.
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 176
Example 53-21:
Tou piti-ye mo gen a se pou li.
Tou
all
piti-ye
child-
pl
mo
1sg
gen
have
a
det
.
def
.
sg
se
are
pou
for
li.
him
All of the children that I have are his. OR: He is the father of all of my children.
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 226
Example 53-22:
O se kè-chò ki bon!
O
Oh
se
that.is
kè-chò
some-thing
ki
that
bon!
good
Oh that's something that's good!
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 226
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Language:
Louisiana Creole
Feature:
Order of relative clause and noun
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 176
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