Re: Mandarin Relative Clauses?
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 18, 2000, 22:37 |
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 08:23:20AM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
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> Then it may be merely a difference between light and heavy relative
> clauses. In English, a light relative clause can hold the subject
> slot:
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Hmm, maybe you're right, in view of Douglas Koller's reply to my message.
>
> > CAVEAT: my dialect of Mandarin may not be 100% the same as the one they
> > use in mainland China. So don't take this as gospel truth :-)
>
> What, you speak Old Testament Chinese? :-)
LOL!!
T
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