'anu' as a relative clause marker
SANUSI ALENA LEE
sanusi at ucsu.Colorado.EDU
Tue Feb 29 14:03:46 UTC 2000
Hello, Adrian,
Could you provide an example of such a usage, please? I'm not sure I
grasp the distinction that you are making.
Thanks,
Alena Sanusi
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 aclynes at ubd.edu.bn wrote:
> Older speakers of Brunei Malay appear to use /anu/ as a relative clause
> marker. (Another 'anu' functions as a hesitation marker in BM, as in other
> dialects of Malay). Blust 1974 reports a form /anuq/ 'which' in the
> related language Murik.
> Is a cognate form found elsewhere? Thanks for any pointers.
> Adrian Clynes
> Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics
> Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
> Please address mail for me to: PO Box 594, MPC, BSB 3577, Brunei
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