appositive relative clauses

[Wolfgang Schulze]

Dear Lutz,

>Does anyone know of languages having *appositve* relative clauses that do
>not make use of relative pronouns or particles?
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Sure. just recall relative clauses in Arabic the head of which is 
indefinite (the Arabic term is s.ifatun), e.g. (Classical Arabic):

dimashqu madi:natun fi:ha: `adzha:'ibu kathi:ratun
Damascus [is] a=city in=it [ar] marvels many
'Damascus is a city in which are many marvels.'

WALS 122-123 lists further strategies. However, as far as I can see, 
WALS does not discuss in more details appositive relative clauses (that 
is, following their head) without relative pronouns etc. (called gapping 
in WALS). Note that contrary e.g. to English, gapping appositive 
relative clauses can - in Classical Arabic - also mark a referent (Head) 
in 'subject' function (with the relative clause), e.g.

ra'aitu waladan qad taraka 'aba:hu(:)
I=saw a=boy [who] just he=left his=father
'I saw a boy who has left his father.

Best wishes,
Wolfgang

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