Roshterian: Difference between revisions
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===Clause types=== | ===Clause types=== | ||
====Relative clauses==== | ====Relative clauses==== | ||
There are no relative pronouns or resumptive pronouns in Roshterian. Only the gap strategy is available, and only a subject | There are no relative pronouns or resumptive pronouns in Roshterian. Only the gap strategy is available, and only a subject of the relative clause can be a head. This is where applicatives come in handy, as applicatives promote oblique arguments to direct objects, thus allow oblique arguments of a verb to used as relative clause heads. | ||
:'''''Mowaḻynaitua ḡeeliaṉ ped idis̱oorin.''''' | :'''''Mowaḻynaitua ḡeeliaṉ ped idis̱oorin.''''' | ||