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 | :'''''Mowaḻynaitua ḡebliaṉ pe idis̱oorin.''''' | ||
:me-waḻynait-ua ḡebliaṉ | :me-waḻynait-ua ḡebliaṉ pe i-di-s̱oor-in | ||
:SUBJ-cozy-COP.3SG 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.'' | ||