CHAPTER 22 
RELATIVE CLAUSE 
1 Definition of the term and form of the relative clause 
The term 'relative clause' is used here in the conventional way, viz. as a construction in 
which a noun phrase is modified by a clause. Relative clauses are part of the de dicto do- 
main (cf. Frajzyngier 1991) because they represent constructions in which one of the 
elements is modified by a proposition. 
Mupun has only postnominal relative clauses (RCs) which are introduced by a relative 
marker. The order of the major constituents is thus : Head--Relative marker--Clause. The 
Head plus the RC constitutes a nominal construction and as such it can have a definite 
marker n3, a demonstrative marker sa, and a plural marker mö added. In the following di- 
agram I did not illustrate the post-nominal modifiers: 
RELATIVE CLAUSE 
NF 
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