Pronoun Postposing
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Pronoun Postposing
- When a pronoun is used in place of a noun, the pronoun appears at the end of the sentence. In the case at hand, the object an t-each 'the horse' follows the subject, while the pronominal object e 'it.M' is at the end of the sentence.
Chunnaic mi an t-each anns a' gharradh an dè. saw I the horse in the garden yesterday 'I saw the horse in the garden yesterday' (Adger 2007:343)
Chunnaic mi anns a' gharradh an dè e. saw I in the garden yesterday it.M 'I saw it in the garden yesterday' (Adger 2007:343)
- The grammaticality degrades without pronoun postposing
??Chunnaic mi e anns a' gharradh an dè. saw I it.M in the garden yesterday
