Fijian and English/Contrastive Grammar

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Noun Phrase Structure

  • In a Fijian NP, adjectives, demonstratives, relative clauses modifying the head noun, if present, must follow the head noun, while in English, adjectives and demonstratives precede the head noun and relative clauses follow the head noun.

(fij) a ’oro vina’a yai → (eng) this good village (gloss: ART village good this)

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