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*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 | *resumptive pronouns are optional - hence relative clauses can end in a preposition as in English | ||
**This state of affairs came about because the older resumptive pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional. | **This state of affairs came about because the older resumptive 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 formal writing, the head may be repeated instead of using a resumptive pronoun to eliminate ambiguity (cf. mathematical writing) | *in formal writing, the head may be repeated instead of using a resumptive pronoun to eliminate ambiguity (cf. mathematical writing) | ||
* | *for relativizing sentences or statements, ''taw'' 'what' is used | ||
:'''''... taw þuþmoŋéed emb vyðár tyþ.''''' | :'''''... taw þuþmoŋéed emb vyðár tyþ.''''' | ||
:what confirm COMP equal two | :what confirm COMP equal two | ||