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.
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status in matrix clause:
- argument of the matrix clause
- adverbial adjunct
- relative clause
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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
Relative clauses
- inanimate relativizer marë
- also marë ‘still’
- occurrence with nominalizations?
- correlation with clause-initial mërë?