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*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, again the auxiliary verb corresponding to the adverb 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, again the auxiliary verb corresponding to the adverb 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) | ||
In formal or post-classical Netagin, the "such that" + resumptive pronoun construction is always available. Gap and internally headed relative clauses are restricted to poetry. | |||
===Complement clauses=== | ===Complement clauses=== | ||