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====Relative clauses==== | ====Relative clauses==== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
The relative clause is marked by a nominalizing affix ''ped-''. | |||
:'''''Muaḻybaitua ḡeeliaṉ pedidis̱oorin.''''' | :'''''Muaḻybaitua ḡeeliaṉ pedidis̱oorin.''''' | ||
:me-waḻybait-ua ḡeeliaṉ ped | :me-waḻybait-ua ḡeeliaṉ ped-i-di-s̱oor-in | ||
:EVID_SUBJ-cozy-COP.3SG city NMLZ | :EVID_SUBJ-cozy-COP.3SG city NMLZ-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]] | ||