Scellan/Syntax: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
m
Line 185: Line 185:
**This came about because the older resumptive pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional.
**This came about because the older resumptive pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional.
**when oblique, the resumptive pronoun may replace the relativizer, as in Modern Hebrew
**when oblique, the resumptive pronoun may replace the relativizer, as in Modern Hebrew
:'''''Mes na dlïah yryñéel ry twm go orr awb sovl ber (awr)!''''' (also '''''...ber awr twm go orr awb sovl''''')  
:'''''Mes na dlïah yryñéel ry twm go orr awb sovl ber (awr)!''''' (or: '''''...ber awr twm go orr awb sovl''''')  
:this_PRON SPEC.PL event terrible REL NEG IPFV should 1EX hear about (3PL)
:this_PRON SPEC.PL event terrible REL NEG IPFV should 1EX hear about (3PL)
:''These are terrible events that we should not have heard of!''
:''These are terrible events that we should not have heard of!''
*for places and locations, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun
*for places and locations, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun instead of a preposition
*in formal writing, to eliminate ambiguity ''mes'' 'this' may be used as a resumptive pronoun
*in formal writing, to eliminate ambiguity ''mes'' 'this' may be used as a resumptive pronoun
*for relativizing sentences or statements, the relativizer ''taw'' 'what' is used
*for relativizing sentences or statements, the relativizer ''taw'' 'what' is used
139,285

edits

Navigation menu