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:the girl whose father i know | :the girl whose father i know | ||
Comparative objects cannot be relativized at | Comparative objects cannot be relativized in any way, at least in prose Netagin: | ||
*For comparison of adjectives, Netagin can express ''the only student I am taller than'', for example, as "the only student shorter than me", or "the only student whose tallness I exceed", using one of the above constructions. | *For comparison of adjectives, Netagin can express ''the only student I am taller than'', for example, as "the only student shorter than me", or "the only student whose tallness I exceed", using one of the above constructions. | ||
*For comparison of adverbs, the auxiliary verb 'do better' is used with either the transgressive or the verbal noun of the lexical verb. The auxiliary can take applicatives and direct objects: ''the only student I can jump higher than'' = "the only student REL him-APPL-do_better-1SG jump.TRGR" (pseudogloss) | *For comparison of adverbs, the auxiliary verb 'do better' is used with either the transgressive or the verbal noun of the lexical verb. The auxiliary can take applicatives and direct objects: ''the only student I can jump higher than'' = "the only student REL him-APPL-do_better-1SG jump.TRGR" (pseudogloss) | ||