15. Multiclausal

Historically, the function of subordinate clauses was covered by nominalizations and adverbializations. For instance, a meaning like 'after I slept, I ate' was expressed as 'after my sleeping', the verb being a noun syntactically, followed by a postposition.

• status in matrix clause:

  • argument of the matrix clause
  • adverbial adjunct
  • relative clause

• differences & similarities to simple verb clauses?

• order of arguments re: the verb (and each other)
• case marking patterns
• indexation
• clausal particles
• +mapping between matrix and subordinate

15.1 Relative clauses

• inanimate relativizer marë
• also marë
• occurrence with nominalizations?
• correlation with clause-initial mërë?

1. toto yoti tajtoj mare

   toto toto non_Indian

   yoti y- oti -∅ lk-meat-pert

   tajtoj taj -toj say-circ.nmlz

   mare mare rel.inan

   ‘What they call the food of the criollos.’ ()

1. mëyakarama mare

   më =yakarama më =-∅ 2=tell-ipfv

   mare mare rel.inan

   ‘What you are talking about.’ ()

1. pata penarëjpë mëtë ta, mërë Cerro Muñeca tajtoj mare toto ya

   pata pata village

   penarëjpë penarë -jpë ancestor-pst

   mëtë mëtë here

   ta ta like

   mërë mërë med.inan

   cerro   ***

   muñeca   ***

   tajtoj taj -toj say-circ.nmlz

   mare mare still

   toto toto non_Indian

   ya ya erg

   ‘Here you can see the village where they lived, what the Criollos call Cerro Muñeca.’ ()