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==== Relative Clauses ====

Relative clauses in Mirmio encompass both adjectival and adverbial clauses as they have the same behavior in the language. Although relative clauses can have the same underlying word order as independent clauses, the word that is being modified by the relative clause is ~~always omitted~~ inside of the relative clause.

Relative clauses in Mirmio encompass both adjectival and adverbial clauses as they have the same behavior in the language. Although relative clauses can have the same underlying word order as independent clauses, the word that is being modified by the relative clause is not represented inside of the relative clause.

There are two classes of relative marker: continuous and discontinuous, both of which precede the relative clause and connect it back to its modifiee, but the continuous marker appears directly after the modifiee and the discontinuous modifier appears after another, previous relative clause (if present) modifying the same word. Similar to content clauses, inflected markers are complementizers and uninflected markers are clitics, however relative marker clitics are attached to the word preceding the relative clause rather than the first word in the relative clause.

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|lee

|ge

|ŏ'k

|ò'k

|-

!Clitic

| -cv

| -n

| -nj

| -enj

| -(n)ri

| -(a)y

| -ŭ, -w

| -ù, -w

|}

|}In the example (2a), the relative clause ''rlòxnjkf'' modifies ''dja'ukuh'', where ''dja'ukuh'' is the clause's initiator. This relationship is marked by the initiator continuous relative clitic -''enj''.

2a)

:: ''Djá'ukuh'enj rlòxnjkf qùulkf nji'hu.''

:: Djá'uku.h=enj rlòx-nj-kf qùul-kf nji'hu

:: horse.{{sc|nsd}}='''{{sc|icr}}''' run-{{sc|sv-g3}} see-{{sc|g3 1sg.g3}}

:: *I see the horse running.

:: “I see the horse that is running.”Example (2b) shows the complementizer inflected for the animacy that corresponds to the modifiee.

: 2b)

:::: ''Djá'ukuh ácvenj rlòxnjkf qùulkf nji'hu.''

:::: Djá'uku.h ácv=enj rlòx-nj-kf qùul-kf nji'hu

:::: horse.{{sc|nsd}} {{sc|anim}}='''{{sc|icr}}''' run-{{sc|sv-g3}} see-{{sc|g3 1sg.g3}}

:::: *I see the horse running itself.

:::: “I see the horse that is running around.”

::::

:::

==== Merged Clauses ====

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 ==== Relative Clauses ====
-Relative clauses in Mirmio encompass both adjectival and adverbial clauses as they have the same behavior in the language. Although relative clauses can have the same underlying word order as independent clauses, the word that is being modified by the relative clause is always omitted inside of the relative clause.
+Relative clauses in Mirmio encompass both adjectival and adverbial clauses as they have the same behavior in the language. Although relative clauses can have the same underlying word order as independent clauses, the word that is being modified by the relative clause is not represented inside of the relative clause.
 There are two classes of relative marker: continuous and discontinuous, both of which precede the relative clause and connect it back to its modifiee, but the continuous marker appears directly after the modifiee and the discontinuous modifier appears after another, previous relative clause (if present) modifying the same word. Similar to content clauses, inflected markers are complementizers and uninflected markers are clitics, however relative marker clitics are attached to the word preceding the relative clause rather than the first word in the relative clause.
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 |lee
 |ge
-|ŏ'k
+|ò'k
 |-
 !Clitic
 | -cv
 | -n
-| -nj
+| -enj
 | -(n)ri
 | -(a)y
-| -ŭ, -w
+| -ù, -w
-|}
+|}In the example (2a), the relative clause ''rlòxnjkf'' modifies ''dja'ukuh'', where ''dja'ukuh'' is the clause's initiator. This relationship is marked by the initiator continuous relative clitic -''enj''.
+a)
+:: ''Djá'ukuh'enj rlòxnjkf qùulkf nji'hu.''
+:: Djá'uku.h=enj rlòx-nj-kf qùul-kf nji'hu
+:: horse.{{sc|nsd}}='''{{sc|icr}}''' run-{{sc|sv-g3}} see-{{sc|g3 1sg.g3}}
+:: *I see the horse running.
+:: “I see the horse that is running.”Example (2b) shows the complementizer inflected for the animacy that corresponds to the modifiee.
+: 2b)
+:::: ''Djá'ukuh ácvenj rlòxnjkf qùulkf nji'hu.''
+:::: Djá'uku.h ácv=enj rlòx-nj-kf qùul-kf nji'hu
+:::: horse.{{sc|nsd}} {{sc|anim}}='''{{sc|icr}}''' run-{{sc|sv-g3}} see-{{sc|g3 1sg.g3}}
+:::: *I see the horse running itself.
+:::: “I see the horse that is running around.”
+::::
+:::
 ==== Merged Clauses ====