138,989
edits
Scellan/Syntax: Difference between revisions
m
→Relative clauses
| Line 76: | Line 76: | ||
===Relative clauses=== | ===Relative clauses=== | ||
*no relativizer is used when the head is the subject in the relative clause | *no relativizer is used when the head is the subject in the relative clause | ||
*''ry'' is used otherwise, possibly with a resumptive pronoun | *''ry'' is used otherwise, possibly with a resumptive pronoun | ||
* | *resumptive pronouns are optional - hence relative clauses can end in a preposition as in English (This is because the older pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional.) | ||
*for places, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun | *for places, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun | ||
*in writing, the head may be repeated instead of using a resumptive pronoun to eliminate ambiguity | *in writing, the head may be repeated instead of using a resumptive pronoun to eliminate ambiguity | ||