Roshterian: Difference between revisions
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There are no relative pronouns or resumptive pronouns in Roshterian. Only the gap strategy is available, and only a subject or a direct object 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. | There are no relative pronouns or resumptive pronouns in Roshterian. Only the gap strategy is available, and only a subject or a direct object 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 ḡebliaṉ pai idis̱oorin.''''' | ||
:city REL EV.DIR-APP.LOC-live-PRES.1SG | :SUBJ-cozy-COP.3SG city REL EV.DIR-APP.LOC-live-PRES.1SG | ||
:''The city that I live in is cozy.'' | :''The city that I live in is cozy.'' | ||
==Sample texts== | ==Sample texts== | ||
[[Category:Talmic languages]] | [[Category:Talmic languages]] | ||