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In spoken language, such ambiguity is eliminated by
intonation. If the demonstrative is the modifier of the
object of the relative clause, the object and the modifier
are pronounced as a phonological unit. But if the
demonstrative is the modifier of the entire preceding unit
beginning from the head NP, there is a one-syllable lapse
separating the preceding unit, which constitutes an NP (and
is pronounced as a single unit), and the demonstrative,
which is the modifier of this NP.
6.1.1 Relative Clause Internal Structure
Based on the order of the two major constituents
(subject and predicate) within the clause, we can
distinguish three types of relative clauses in Acehnese. The
three types have the following forms respectively: 1) fa
Predicate. 2) Predicate- r"di"-SubJect1. and 3) Subject-
Predicate.
[i]. J8-Predicate. This is the form of a relative clause
which results when the subject of a sentence is relativized.
The relative clause is subjectless. This is discussed in
detail in 6.1.4.
7. a) Kameng nyan ji-pajbh pisang.
Goat that 3-eat banana
'That goat is eating bananas.'