Re: Looking for interesting ways to handle relative clauses.

Hi!

Sally Caves <scaves@...> writes:
>...
> Heinrik wrote:
>
> > In Tyl Sjok you use the relative clause instead of the modified
> > noun, so you 'embed' the relative clause into the matrix clause.
> > The modified noun is found in the relative clause, where it is
> > optionally  marked to be modified.
> >
> > E.g.:
> > Matrix clause:    I   like tea. = 'I like the tea.'
> > Relative clause:  you buy tea.  = 'You bought tea.'
> > Together:
> >        I like you buy tea.           (unmarked referent)
> >        I like you buy REF tea.       (marked referent)
> >        'I like the tea that you bought.'
>
> This is lovely.  How do you know that it doesn't mean "I like that you
> bought tea?"  How do you express that?  Put the referent marking before
> "buy"?
Exactly! :-)

   I like you REF buy tea.  = ~'I like the buying of tea that you did.'
   I like REF you buy tea.  = ~'I like you, who bought the tea.'

Tyl Sjok is greatly underspecified wrt. what modifies what.

**Henrik