Standardizing relativization in Dinka (and other languages?)

[Angus Grieve-Smith]

     Yes, I agree with Mike.  Relative clauses may exist in English and 
biblical Greek, but they don't exist in every language.  A consistent 
strategy for translating something does not require changing the grammar 
of the target language.

     If the Dinka speakers don't have texts, you need to just listen to 
them.  Relative clauses are just a way to identify a thing based on the 
activity or state it's involved in.  How do they do that spontaneously?  
If they do it differently from the way we do, or from the way the 
Evangelists did, maybe their way is better.

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				-Angus B. Grieve-Smith
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