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For relative clauses whose heads are prepositional objects in the relative clause, there are three strategies:

*the relativizer is treated as a resumptive pronoun which takes the preposition, like English ''which'': ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab'', lit. 'the man to which I gave the gift'. This syntax arose from the influence of surrounding languages like English.

*the relativizer is treated as a resumptive pronoun which takes the preposition, like English ''which'': ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab ym mauhab'', lit. 'the man to which I gave the gift'. This syntax arose from the influence of surrounding languages like English.

*the preposition goes to the end of the clause: ''yn gabry žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'' lit. 'the man which I gave the gift to'. This syntax arose from the native Semitic construction which used a resumptive pronoun on the preposition: after the resumptive pronoun lost the stress, the preposition lost its pronominal suffix and moved to the end of the clause.

*the preposition goes to the end of the clause: ''yn gabry žė nėx ohab ym mauhab lid'' lit. 'the man which I gave the gift to'. This syntax arose from the native Semitic construction which used a resumptive pronoun on the preposition: after the resumptive pronoun lost the stress, the preposition lost its pronominal suffix and moved to the end of the clause.

*A combination of both strategies can be used: ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'', lit. 'The man to which I gave the gift to'. This is the most common strategy with the other two considered archaic.

*A combination of both strategies can be used: ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab ym mauhab lid'', lit. 'The man to which I gave the gift to'. This is the most common strategy with the other two considered archaic.

==Derivation==

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 For relative clauses whose heads are prepositional objects in the relative clause, there are three strategies:
-*the relativizer is treated as a resumptive pronoun which takes the preposition, like English ''which'': ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab'', lit. 'the man to which I gave the gift'. This syntax arose from the influence of surrounding languages like English.
+*the relativizer is treated as a resumptive pronoun which takes the preposition, like English ''which'': ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab ym mauhab'', lit. 'the man to which I gave the gift'. This syntax arose from the influence of surrounding languages like English.
-*the preposition goes to the end of the clause: ''yn gabry žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'' lit. 'the man which I gave the gift to'. This syntax arose from the native Semitic construction which used a resumptive pronoun on the preposition: after the resumptive pronoun lost the stress, the preposition lost its pronominal suffix and moved to the end of the clause.
+*the preposition goes to the end of the clause: ''yn gabry žė nėx ohab ym mauhab lid'' lit. 'the man which I gave the gift to'. This syntax arose from the native Semitic construction which used a resumptive pronoun on the preposition: after the resumptive pronoun lost the stress, the preposition lost its pronominal suffix and moved to the end of the clause.
-*A combination of both strategies can be used: ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab yn mauhab lid'', lit. 'The man to which I gave the gift to'. This is the most common strategy with the other two considered archaic.
+*A combination of both strategies can be used: ''yn gabry lid žė nėx ohab ym mauhab lid'', lit. 'The man to which I gave the gift to'. This is the most common strategy with the other two considered archaic.
 ==Derivation==