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For balanced relative clauses, Netagin has the relativizer ''he''. Netagin restricts relative clause syntax in that the head must be a direct object of the relative clause (if necessary, after taking the applicative form of the verb). | For balanced relative clauses, Netagin has the relativizer ''he''. Netagin restricts relative clause syntax in that the head must be a direct object of the relative clause (if necessary, after taking the applicative form of the verb). | ||
:'' | :''nė páles '''hė''' '''s'''admurxil'' - the cake that I made | ||
Only subjects and direct objects can be relativized directly. Relativizing oblique objects requires using the applicative voice: | Only subjects and direct objects can be relativized directly. Relativizing oblique objects requires using the applicative voice: | ||
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Possessors also use the applicative strategy. However, if the verb already has an object, the verb's object affix agrees with the original object, not the relativized noun. | Possessors also use the applicative strategy. However, if the verb already has an object, the verb's object affix agrees with the original object, not the relativized noun. | ||
:'' | :''nė jove '''hė''' qytymlalxil (*sytymlalxil) ne qeb'' | ||
:DET girl REL appl-3SG.M-know.1SG DET father | :DET girl REL appl-3SG.M-know.1SG DET father | ||
:the girl whose father I know | :the girl whose father I know | ||
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*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) | ||
The ''pyšme | The ''pyšme vėn'' "such that" + resumptive pronoun construction is always available in late Classical Netagin. The applicative has been lost in Modern Netagin vernaculars, which instead use the gap strategy, like Southeast Asian languages. Internally headed relative clauses are restricted to poetry, even in Classical Netagin. | ||
==== Deranked relative clauses ==== | ==== Deranked relative clauses ==== | ||