Re : Brainstorming! Relative clauses

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 04/10/99 23:13:46  , Tal a =E9crit :

> Anyways, how -do- you do relative clauses in your conlangs? Here's
>  something for y'all to translate... (substitute words when necessary...)
> =20
like you do :

relative REL (=3D THAT) + resumptive RES (=3D IT/HER) + closer (=3D END)

>  rel. subject:
>  "The dog that saw the cat was large."
> =20
the dog THAT (she) saw the cat END (she) was large

>  rel. object:
>  "The dog saw the cat that killed the mouse."
> =20
the dog saw the cat THAT (she) killed the mouse END

>  nested:
>  "The dog that saw the cat that killed the mouse that was large drank
>  from the river that John put the poison in."
> =20
the dog THAT saw the cat THAT (she) killed the mouse THAT (she) was large EN=
D
(she) drank from the river THAT john put the poison in IT END

>  rel. indirect object:
>  "The dog that John gave the ball to."
> =20
the dog THAT john gave the ball to HER END

>  rel. oblique:
>  "The mouse that the cat chewed on."=20
the mouse THAT the cat chewed on HER END

or,
>  "The cat that the dog was bigger than."
> =20
the cat THAT the dog was bigger than HER END

>  rel. posessor:
>  "The dog saw the cat whose teeth were huge."
> =20
the dog saw the cat THAT theeth of HER were huge END

>  Yep, they're inspired by the relative-clause section in "Describing
>  Morphosyntax" (see http://members.xoom.com/pc451/Conlang/questions.html)
> =20
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>  tal.
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