3.5.4.2. Manual signs marking subordination in manner clauses
Manner clauses are marked by the subordinating wh-morpheme how obligatorily produced at the end of the manner clause when they have the structure of a free relative clause (a). They are introduced by a subordinating manual sign, such as identical (b), pe (c) or as_if (d), when they are adverbial dependent clauses.
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a. ix2 2explain1 how rice ix1 cook done
‘I cooked the rice the way you explained to me.’
b. ix2 house build identical time past
‘You built the house as they used to do in the past.’
c. carlaa ixa sew ixa pe past mother teach3a
‘Carla sews as her mother taught her to.’
d. ix3 behave as_if house poss(G)3
‘He behaves as if the house was his own.’
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