Relative clauses in Gavião of Rondônia

The language of the Gavião of Rondônia constructs relative clauses by syntactic nominalization, using either of two particles, mát 'concrete nominalization' or méne 'abstract nominalization', which are derived diachronically from discourse pronouns. The resulting nominal clause m...

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Main Author: Denny Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2006-04-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222006000100010&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt