LSF exhibits both internally and externally headed relative clauses [Syntax- Section 3.4.1] and can use manual relative pronouns to mark the relative clause. LSF has two different relative pronouns: one for human referents (person-cl: the classifier for person in LSF) and one for any kind of referents (pi: a demonstrative with the morphology of a pointing pronoun). In the examples below, both are accompanied by the set same set of non-manual markers, glossed as ‘rel’: upper body oriented towards the locus of the head-noun + eyebrows raised + lips tensed + chin pointed upwards or downwards.
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a. ix1 prefer little girl person-cl pet dog
'I prefer the little girl, who pets the dog.'
rel
b. ix1 prefer vet pi cure dog
'I prefer the vet who cures the dog.'
rel
c. ix1 prefer dog pi man pet
'I prefer the dog which the man pets.
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d. ix1 prefer pi napkin lighter cover
'I prefer the napkin which covers the lighter.' (Hauser, 2019)