Relativization in Thompson River Salish

Abstract

The morphology and surface syntax of relative clauses and related focusing constructions in Thompson River Salish are described, and the broader paradigmatic context of types of subordination and focusing with which these constructions contrast is sketched. Of particular interest are the determination of relative clause predicate morphology by what is relativized and the treatment of relativization of locatives-the latter having distinctive properties in comparison to other Salish languages.