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alternate case: relative clause

Roviana language (2,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

never overt within the relative clause. This feature may be according to whether the notional coreferent within the relative clause is A, S or O. Relative
Antecedent-contained deletion (732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
verb phrase in the main clause appears to license ellipsis inside the relative clause which modifies its object. ACD is a classic puzzle for theories of
Shoshoni language (3,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
clauses. When the subject of the relative clause matches the subject of the main clause, the verb of the relative clause takes on the same-subject subordination
Argument (linguistics) (2,576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
test is the relative clause diagnostic. If the test constituent can appear after the combination which occurred/happened in a relative clause, it is an
Irish syntax (4,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
predicate of the copula, while the rest of the sentence becomes a relative clause. Compare Dúirt mise é "I said it" with Is mise a dúirt é "I said it
Tamasheq language (2,600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an adnominal complement such as a demonstrative, a possessor, or a relative clause. Tamashek does not have definiteness marking.: 14  A few chief examples
Subjunctive by attraction (1,315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the subjunctive by attraction is the situation when the verb in a relative clause or a temporal clause that is closely dependent on a subjunctive verb
Neverver language (4,092 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Relative clause without nominal modifier Relative clause with nominal modifier Number relative clause without nominal modifier Number relative clause
Adjunct (grammar) (2,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
such diagnostic is the relative clause test. The test constituent is moved from the matrix clause to a subordinate relative clause containing which occurred/happened
Iatmul language (5,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
predicate of the relative clause becomes the head. Usually this is avoided by preferring a general noun like du 'man' as a head. (10) Relative clause (same subject)
Nyangumarta language (1,221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
clauses denote either a shared time frame (T-type relative clause) or a shared argument (NP-type relative clause) between the main and subordinate clauses, and
Koore language (1,599 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
koorete language has three clauses -Relative Clause    -Conditional Clause    -Complement Clause Relative Clause It is the clause that modifies a noun
Apo koinou construction (202 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
many cases, the second clause of such a construction may be seen as a relative clause whose relative pronoun has been dropped, which in English is not generally
Tarahumara language (1,907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of a prefix. To form a relative clause in Rarámuri, speakers need only place a suffix, [-ame], on the verb of the relative clause in order to achieve grammaticality
Extraposition (1,595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
b. Someone left a message whom we don't know. - Extraposition of relative clause out of subject a. Susan said something that nobody expected more than
Cavineña language (1,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Noun phrases show the order: (Relative Clause)-(Quantifier)-(Possessor)-Noun-(Adjective)-(Plural marker)-(Relative clause) The following examples show
Burji language (578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
conjunctions. An examples of a relative clause is given below. Dhogoli functions as the subject of both the relative clause and the main clause. Lama two
Gurindam (297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
traditional Malay poetry. It is a combination of two clauses where the relative clause forms a line and is thus linked to the second line, or the main clause
Sabaic (3,556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Attributive relative clause (Qataban.) with nominal predicate Main clause Relative clause ḏn mḥfdn yḥḏr ḏm b-s2hd gnʾ hgr-sm Demonstrative pronoun Subject
Chichewa tenses (16,927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
for positive verbs, in addition to further patterns for negative and relative clause verbs. Often the same tonal pattern is used by more than one tense
Hindustani grammar (8,596 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
FEM.SG be.PRS.3P.SG. The girl who is standing, she is tall. pre-noun relative clause 2. bacca kid.MASC.SG. jo who.REL cillātā shout.PTCP.MASC.SG hai be
Chimariko language (1,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
-rop/-rot to form internally headed clauses, and or by a headless relative clause. There is a relative pronoun map'un that is sometimes used. JP Harrington
Nzadi language (572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Online Hyman, Larry (June 2012). "Post-Verbal subject in the Nzadi relative clause". Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 33 (1): 97–117. doi:10
Dom language (1,826 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
marker na you bola-n pig-2SG.POSS na bola-n you pig-2SG.POSS 'your pig' relative clause o hand.3SG.POSS pal by bin-gwa produce-3SG.SRD kal thing o pal bin-gwa
Naʼvi grammar (2,012 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the phrase it modifies, it is not present in the relative clause. If the head of the relative clause uses any other case or adposition, a resumptive pronoun
Hawaiian grammar (1,812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Markers Tense/Aspect/Mood Default After ʻaʻole or in type I relative clause Type II relative clause Tenseless [verb] (e) [verb] e [verb] ai Perfective ua [verb]
Torres Strait Creole (3,845 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
apart from the clitic nau. A fully operational relative clause structure exists, marked by the relative clause marker we: Dha totol we ai bi kese em i stap
Luganda tones (7,757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
high-toned or toneless, positive or negative, or used in a main clause or relative clause. Although there are many complexities of detail, there are certain
Manenguba languages (2,921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which are expressed as a type of relative clause. However, when the head noun is the subject of the relative clause (e.g. "the man who did the work")
Object (grammar) (1,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
to explain. Interrogative clause They asked what had happened. Free relative clause I heard what you heard. Gerund (phrase or clause) He stopped asking
Coahuilteco language (775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
seen in the world's languages. One example of such a center-embedded relative clause is the following: saxpame· sins pinapsa·i you [xami·n (OBJ) ei-Obj
Pied-piping (2,921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Pied-piping is possible in this relative clause. The (d) examples, where pied-piping has occurred in a relative clause, are acceptable. The corresponding
Classical Nahuatl grammar (17,121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
verbs, IN can function as a kind of relativizer, creating a headless relative clause, as in in cuīca 'the one who sings', in mihtōtiah 'those who dance'
Linguistic typology (3,564 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
subordinators Bob has left-because Order of noun and relative clause noun before relative clause movies + that we saw either we-seen + movies or movies
Yavapai language (589 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
(1983). Phonology and Dictionary of Yavapai. Kendall, Martha (1974). "Relative Clause Formation and Topicalization in Yavapai". International Journal of
Soo language (495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Some So affixes are: /kɔ-/: immediate future /-ak/: passivity /no-/: relative clause coordinator /ɪn-/: general negation /lan/: past negation /ipa/: imperative
Owa language (1,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The modifier construction includes either a number, possession or relative clause which is used to describe the noun preceding because the adjectives
Modern Greek grammar (5,868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or adverbial within the relative clause, then – as in English – it has no other overt expression within the relative clause apart from the relativizer
Tsʼixa language (2,866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
resumed within the relative clause in the form of an anaphoric pronoun if it acts as the subject or the object. The relative clause is marked by a PGN
Dynamic semantics (1,853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Burley and brought to modern attention by Peter Geach. Donkey sentence (relative clause): Every farmer who owns a donkey beats it. Donkey sentence (conditional):
Sidama language (1,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
this case, the NPC attaches to the end of a genitive noun phrase or relative clause to form a noun phrase without a noun. This is shown in the examples
Klingon grammar (4,951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
emphasises the noun in the phrase, and also marks the head noun of a relative clause. Klingon verbs mark for aspect but not for tense, which is indicated
Beli language (South Sudan) (2,742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
after the main clause and explains the why of the main clause action. Relative clause connectors inside main clauses: Relative clauses are clauses that modify
Sherpa language (1,158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sherpa is strictly verb-final. The infinitive also marks the verb of a relative clause and a general action with no specific subject. ɲɛ 1SG.GEN pèt̪-u spill
Klingon grammar (4,951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
emphasises the noun in the phrase, and also marks the head noun of a relative clause. Klingon verbs mark for aspect but not for tense, which is indicated
Old Anatolian Turkish (911 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
JSTOR 23657232. Schönig, C. (2000). "Some formal types of Turkic relative clause equivalents". In Aslı Göksel; Celia Kerslake (eds.). Studies on Turkish
Yidiny language (1,124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an even number of syllables is retained in the affix that shows a relative clause: -nyunda is used with a verb that has two or four syllables (gali-
Iraqw language (1,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
directly followed by an adjective a possessive noun phrase a numeral a relative clause a verb then a construct case suffix must appear after the noun. The
The Elements of Style (2,220 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
such as the split infinitive and the use of which in a restrictive relative clause. On Language Log, a blog about language written by linguists, he further
Bravanese people (1,504 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Leiden: Brill, p.1. Ngonyani, D. 1999. X o -Movement in Kiswahili relative clause verbs. Linguistic Analysis 29:137-159. Vianello, A., 2018. 'Stringing
Palestinian Arabic (5,136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
we wanted is كان بدنا [kaːn 'bɪddna]. Relative clause As in most forms of colloquial Arabic, the relative clause markers of Classical Arabic (الذي، التي،
Abkhaz language (5,967 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Chirikba 2003, p.41 Chirikba 2003, pp.54-55 Hewitt, George (1979). The Relative Clause in Abkhaz (Abžui Dialect). Lingua 47, p.173 Chirikba 2003, p.55 Kathman
Subject (grammar) (2,533 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
that-clause That he had traveled the world was known to everyone. A free relative clause Whatever he did was always of interest. A direct quotation I love you
Radoslav Katičić (1,356 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Kordić, Snježana (1992). "Relativna rečenica – gramatičke nedoumice" [Relative clause – uncertainties in grammar books] (PDF). In Andrijašević, Marin; Vrhovac
Makassarese language (5,929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Indonesian, which requires a word like 'yang' before the relative clause). The verb within the relative clause is marked with the definite marker ≡a. (8) Tau battua
Neo-Mandaic (5,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
’ If the antecedent is the object of the relative clause, it will be represented within the relative clause by a resumptive relative pronoun, as in the
Kannada grammar (4,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the relative pronoun that introduces a restrictive relative clause, the verb of the relative clause, and if the relative pronoun is a prepositional complement
Pendau language (1,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
proper noun marker (absolute) ni= poroper noun marker (genitive) nu= common noun marker (genitive) to= relative clause marker ri= general locative oblique
Ivan Sag (724 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Language and Linguistic Theory 15:573–639. Sag, Ivan A. 1997. "English Relative Clause Constructions." Journal of Linguistics 33.2:431–484. Jonathan Ginzburg
Nivaclé language (1,233 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
possessor-possessed), NA (Noun-Adjective), and NP-Rel (Head Noun-Relative Clause). It has few adpositions (prepositions or postpositions); rather these
Neveʻei language (6,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pronominal trace, which marks the original site of a noun phrase in a relative clause. At-tokh 3PL.REAL-exist ran LOC nourour island nganga' little tuan
Blackfoot language (5,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reclassification strategy for nominalization is displayed here followed by a relative clause that uses a nominal formed by this strategy. Reclassification is done
Abui language (3,132 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
PRF:perfect aspectual suffix (-u) PNCT:punctual aspectual marker (-o) RC:relative clause REC:bound pronoun realizing U argument identified as recipient or goal
Grass Koiari language (1,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
modifiers consist of pronouns, certain adjectives, participial and relative clause modifiers, and other nouns. Post nominal modifiers consist of most
Sonnet 78 (2,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is written in two-line units). We are made to pause for a two-line relative clause between thine eyes and its verb, have; in between subject and predicate
Baiso language (4,820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particles ka-, ta-, and o-, that are prefixed to the verb in the relative clause. The relative clause can occur either at the beginning of a sentence, hence before
Head-driven phrase structure grammar (1,227 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Sag, Ivan A. 1997. English Relative Clause Constructions[dead link]. Journal of Linguistics . 33.2: 431-484 Sag
Bench language (1,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
suffixes on a verb or an ablative or locative phrase, they indicate a relative clause. E.g.: [ātsn̄dà person.PL.NPMk hàndīs these.OBJ hǎrám what.ABL bād
Mbay language (1,745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
etc), a prepositional phrase, a phrase introduced by /kə́/ and a relative clause. (Keegan, Page.144) Example 1. Tábèl (kə́) kám kújé tə́ = The table
Logical form (linguistics) (1,841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
suggested that independently motivated phrase structure, such as the relative clause, imposes a limitation on scope options. This clause boundedness somewhat
Soddo language (1,706 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
English main clause subordinate clause relative clause subordinate with -m I measured säffär-ki säffär-kʷ yä-säffär-k-i säffär-kum you (m. sg.) measured
Attraction (grammar) (767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
antecedent rather than having the case appropriate to its function in the relative clause. For example, in the following English sentence, the relative pronoun
A-Hmao language (1,635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Adjective Noun Non-restrictive adjectival Noun Adjective Nominalization Relative clause Noun Adpositional Preposition Noun phrase Predicational Predicate Arguments
Baluan-Pam language (3,051 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
NEG1:negation marker 1 NEG2:negation marker 2 PERT:pertensive PROX:proximate REL:relative clause marker SUB:subordinate clause marker ZERO:unrealised pronoun
Eastern Armenian verb table (295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gerundives / converbs (verbal noun) are interchangeable with an English relative clause. For example, նամակ գրող մարդը namak groġ mardə - The man who is writing
Toʼabaita language (8,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adverb, neq(e), is used to modify the predicate. in this case in the relative clause, rather than the subject noun of the whole phrase, bauta: 63 Bauta
Tuareg languages (2,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
like Japanese, the "pronoun/particle 'a' is used with a following relative clause to bring a noun in a phrase to the beginning for emphasis," a structure
Arild Hestvik (251 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Research, 1-14. Hestvik, A., Schwartz, R., & Tornyova, L. (2010). Relative Clause Gap-Filling in Children with Specific Language Impairment. Journal
Wamesa language (2,635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
determiner, adjective, number, gender, class (human or nonhuman), relative clause, and quantifier. However, Wamesa does not have case, specificity, and
Constituent (linguistics) (7,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
relative clause: What.....is/are X; the other variant inserts X at the start of the sentence followed by the it/are and then the free relative clause:
Mav̋ea language (3,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
quantified with a marker, be modified with a determiner, be the head of a relative clause, and be questioned with "who" or "what". Bound common nouns are separated
Arbore language (2,805 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a predicate identifying element can never occur together with the relative clause verb. A bound subject pronoun can occur, however. Arbore at Ethnologue
People-first language (2,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an adjective before a noun, the adjective might be replaced with a relative clause, e.g., from "an asthmatic person" to "a person who has asthma." By
Natchez language (2,983 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
friend" Plural and dual possessors are formed by using a restrictive relative clause with the verb haːʃiʔiʃ "to exist for someone (to have)". kitah nataniːt͡siya
Salishan languages (3,161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the use of any content word as an argument involves an underlying relative clause. For example, with the determiner ti translated as 'that which', the
Apma language (2,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
partitive PFV perfective PL plural POSS possessive PRHB prohibitive REL relative clause marker SG singular . divides components of a portmanteau morpheme,
English personal pronouns (2,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pedantic; it is more likely (in formal English) when followed by a relative clause (it is we who sent them to die). In some cases the subjective may even
Irish grammar (2,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A superlative (sárchéim) sense is rendered by the comparative in a relative clause, e.g. Is é Seán an páiste is cairdiúla den triúr "Seán is the nicest
Enggano language (3,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
practice was already uncommon in everyday language. An example of a relative clause in Enggano is given below. This shows that demonstratives also follow
Latin tenses with modality (5,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
he ordered the signal to be sounded' It is also used in a past-time relative clause referring to an anterior action where similarly English might use a
Elamite language (4,479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
main clause. In Middle Elamite, the most common way to construct a relative clause is to attach a nominal class suffix to the clause-final verb, optionally
Tommo So (1,439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Conjugation of [jɔ̀bɔ́] ('run') Main clause Relative clause Imperfective Affirmative {HL} jɔ́bɔ̀-dɛ̀ jɔ̀bɔ́-dɛ Negative {L} jɔ̀b-éélè jɔ̀b-éélè
Tunisian Arabic morphology (5,372 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The grammar, the conjugation and the morphology of Tunisian Arabic is very similar to that of other Maghrebi Arabic varieties. It is based on Classical
Singlish (12,792 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
analysed as a relative pronoun, though it occurs at the end of the relative clause instead of the beginning (as in Standard English). Wah lau! So stupid
Araki language (4,246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
numeral preceded by a subject clitic (usually mo), similar to a clause a relative clause a prepositional phrase It is rare to meet more than three or four elements
Khasi language (3,616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
l)-(Classifier)-(Article)-Noun-(Adjective)-(Prepositional phrase)-(Relative clause), as can be seen from the following examples: ar two tylli CL ki PL
Predicand (832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
corresponds to a complement in the VP. The predicate here is the VP in the relative clause modifier was right. In verbless clauses, a predicate may be a constituent
Tsez language (7,028 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
agree with it in class. The neutral order of modifiers is usually: relative clause unemphatic possessive pronoun emphatic possessive pronoun restrictive
The New Yorker (8,587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the magazine's pale-gray pages became High Baroque triumphs of the relative clause and appository modifier". Joseph Rosenblum, reviewing Ben Yagoda's
Central Siberian Yupik language (2,687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
modification, evidentially, negation, tense, agent noun formation, relative clause formation, various types of verbal complementation It is estimated
Geʽez (5,862 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
have the following overall order: (demonstratives) noun (adjective)-(relative clause) በዛ ba-zā in-this:F ሀገር hagar city በዛ ሀገር ba-zā hagar in-this:F city
Tunica language (3,738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gender-number suffixes are put on an inflected verb form to convert it to a relative clause. It could be that a noun has the appropriate suffix, and the verb of
Irish declension (3,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ná mise. "Seán was bigger than me." A superlative is expressed as a relative clause: noun + is/ba/ab + comparative form. an cailín is tréine "the strongest
Latin tenses (27,809 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
perhaps seem harsh' A relative clause which is indefinite uses the subjunctive mood in Latin. This is known as a generic relative clause: at etiam sunt quī
Hawaiian language (7,773 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
pepeke system. Rongorongo Studies, 10(2), 46–56. "The Kāhulu Pepeke Relative Clause". www.hawaiian-study.info. Retrieved 2021-11-01. Hinton, Leanne (1999-01-01)
Slavey language (3,306 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
wood is wet, I can't make fire.' There are three important parts to a relative clause. There is the head, which is the noun that is modified or delimited
Kokota language (4,748 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adjunct present. However, it does not modify teo as it is a part of a relative clause. The more literal translation of the example would be 'Someone who
Chinese particles (933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
nǚhái 漂亮的女孩 Pretty girl. Verbal phrase: relativization (creates a relative clause) Tiàowǔ de nǚhái 跳舞的女孩 The girl who dances (dancing girl) děng 等 Translates
Japan during World War II (6,192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Allies or Japan are fighting the defensive war. Use a comma-separated relative clause. Wood 2007, pp. 11–12. Wohlstetter 1962, pp. 341–43. Keegan, John (1989)
English interjections (2,947 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adverb phrases:: 1356  Interjection: Ah, so you were there after all! Relative clause: We called in to see Sue's parents, which made us rather late. Noun
Bulgarian pronouns (1,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adding -то to the end of the word. They are used for introducing a relative clause. *който: when it refers to a person and is used without a noun, it
Word order (5,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
numeral (two houses vs houses two) possessor (my house vs house my) relative clause (the by me built house vs the house built by me) Within the adpositional
Bulgarian pronouns (1,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adding -то to the end of the word. They are used for introducing a relative clause. *който: when it refers to a person and is used without a noun, it
Pied Piper of Hamelin (8,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pied-piped in front of the relative pronoun, which normally starts the relative clause. Some researchers believe that the tale has inspired the common English
Temporal clause (Latin) (13,915 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
A temporal clause is an adverbial clause of time, that is to say, a clause which informs the reader about the time when the action of main verb of the
Afroasiatic languages (11,397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
possessed by another noun (Semitic) or is modified by an adjective or relative clause (Cushitic). Edward Lipiński refers to Semitic nouns as having four
Hup language (3,824 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the table below. Case marking extends also to the noun phrase and relative clause, and the suffixes attach to the final constituent of the phrase. Adapted
Versus populum (5,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
changes the order of the phrases in the Latin sentence, making the relative clause quod expedit ubicumque possibile sit ("which is desirable wherever
Niina Ning Zhang (1,209 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Zhang, N. 2008. Existential Coda Constructions as Internally Headed Relative Clause Constructions. The Linguistics Journal 3 (3): 8-57. Zhang, N. 2008
Finnish grammar (7,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the action of the verb is the same as the person in the equivalent relative clause, then the verb uses the appropriate personal possessive suffix on the
Arabic grammar (6,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
normally omitted entirely when an indefinite noun is modified by a relative clause: رَجُلٌ تَكَلَّمْتُ مَعَهُ rajul(un) takallamtu ma‘a-h(u) "a man that
Georgian grammar (5,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
express an unlikely event in the present and is usually used as a relative clause ("That s/he be verbing"). The future screeve is used to express an
French verbs (3,490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
baleines Claire a-t-elle vues ? ("Which whales did Claire see?") (relative clause introduced by que) les deux baleines que Claire a vues ("the two whales
Haida language (6,761 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Museum Press. pp. 223–248. Enrico, John (1983b). "Tense in the Haida Relative Clause". International Journal of American Linguistics. 52: 91–123. doi:10
Mam language (4,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Demonstrative Number Measure Plural Possessive affixes NOUN ROOT Possessor Adjective Relative clause
Ancient Greek conditional clauses (5,413 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Greek is for the protasis of a conditional clause to be replaced by a relative clause. (For example, "whoever saw it would be amazed" = "if anyone saw it
Chewa language (8,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is being used in a main clause or in a dependent clause such as a relative clause: sabatá yatha 'the week has ended' sabatá yátha 'the week which has
Causative (8,551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
relations had already been formulated to help explain possibilities for relative clause formation (first presented as Keenan and Comrie's (1972) NP accessibility
Goan Catholics (7,923 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
noun after the copula, and the placement of the relative or reduced relative clause after the head noun. There are, however, some transformations as well
Vietnamese grammar (6,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
including prepositional phrases, relative clauses, constituents inside of relative clause modifiers, the head noun (by itself), the head noun plus preceding
Totonac languages (3,822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
two groups, the first type being the one referred to as a “headless relative clause,” that is referred to in arguing the embedded clause.  The other is
Portuguese grammar (7,437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
does not identify a single object with the property expressed by the relative clause: Ando à procura de um cão que fala! ("I'm looking for a certain dog
Tzeltal language (6,351 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
[numeral (+classifier)] [adjective(s)] [NOUN] [noun-phrase possessor] [relative clause] The initial position of the noun phrase may be occupied by either
Zulu grammar (5,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sentence, with an indefinite possessive modifying the object. In a relative clause, when the relative concord is prefixed to a possessive form, i.e. with
Welsh syntax (3,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
y are typically omitted, and soft mutation occurs in both types of relative clause: y fenyw werthodd Ieuan y ceffyl iddi - 'the woman that Ieuan sold
Middle Persian (18,525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
anaphorically and in a determinative function to indicate a noun followed by a relative clause; о̄y (OLE) 'that' with a plural awēšān (OLEšʾn'), also used as a 3rd
Pitch-accent language (11,550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
verb often have an accent. Also, some tenses (such as negative and relative clause tenses) add an accent to the final syllable. When two or three accents
List of glossing abbreviations (3,532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
regal (e.g. pronouns) REG regularity REGR REG regressive REL R (a) relative clause marker (RELZ relativizer); (b) relative pronoun affix; (c) relational
Tagalog grammar (7,563 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Attributive Adjective Predicative Adjective Adverbial modifier Predicative Adverbial Nominal Modifier Predicative Nominal Relative Clause Matrix Clause
Tista Bagchi (953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. Bangla correlative pronouns, relative clause order, and D-linking. In Miriam Butt, Tracy Holloway King, and Gillian
Old Church Slavonic grammar (4,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hell the fiery'. The compound form is often rendered in English by a relative clause: 'into the hell which is fiery'. Adjectives used as substantives are
Shilha language (13,626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
noun or demonstrative pronoun with a pronominal suffix independent in relative clause The form before nouns and demonstrative pronouns and the independent
Generative second-language acquisition (5,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"On the typological economy of syntactic transfer: Word order and relative clause high/low attachment preference in L3 Brazilian Portuguese". Iral -
Charles Perfetti (3,090 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
read a sentence that interrupted the approved continuation with a relative clause. The results of what was called the norming study revealed that approval
Cherokee grammar (886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
-dative X X -el -5 n ni n hn_x -lateral position -"already" -negative (relative clause) -"without" X (past tense/fut.progr./habitual) -na +j(to be) X -4 de
Tongu do dia toinges mo thúath (1,786 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with the peculiar feature of invoking one's own gods in a restrictive relative clause, ultimately derive from a Proto-Indo-European oath. Watkins does not
Latin indirect speech (11,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
seen us lying here while we obey the sacred laws of our country' A relative clause which is merely explanatory also uses the indicative: quis neget haec
Latin word order (10,659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
trirēmēs. "In addition, two triremes were also sunk." A descriptive relative clause can be brought forward in the same way as an adjective. In the following
A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (5,538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Various primaries Clauses as primaries Relative clauses as primaries Relative clause adjuncts Relative clauses continued Differentiation of the wh‑pronouns