3.4.2.2. Position of the relativization sign
An index sign can be used as a relativization sign [Syntax - 3.4.2.1.]. The index can be at the beginning of a relative clause, within the relative clause (in situ), or at the end of the relative clause. The relative-clause final position of the index is the most common among the three. Sometimes, a combination of the index in the clause initial and clause final positions of the relative clause can occur, as the example below shows.
[o]
re sq
[ix3 man3 person 1swear3 all] 3ix1 good
'The man, whom I had sworn at, was good to me.'
(Kubus 2016: 196)
The example below shows a within-clause index as a relativization sign.
re
sq [o] sq
[house arrive ix3 girl3] think
'The girl who arrived home was thinking.'
(Kubus 2016: 197)
The example below shows doubling of the index as a relativization sign. These relativization signs are accompanied by the mouthing of bu ‘this’, which is a demonstrative pronoun in Turkish.
'bu' 'bu'
re sq re
ix1 1tell3 [ix3 grandma3 bad back gossip ix3] sick very die
'I told (her) that the old woman, who was bad and gossiped about her, had been extremely ill and was now dead.'
(Kubus 2016: 199)
same is another relativization sign. It occurs in the clause final position.
hn hs
re sq re
house arrive [mother same] house go
'She went to the house that belongs to her mother, too.'
(Kubus 2016: 179)
same can also be used with a clause final index. Example of a combination of the relativization signs same and ix are given below:
sq
[ix(2)(3a,3b) friend must each_other friend other friend ix(2)(3a,3b) same(3a,3b)
[o]
re
ix(3a,3b)]
mevlut go finish.
'Two friends who had to be friends with each other, went to her funeral prayer'
(Adapted from Kubus 2016: 314)
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