ABSTRACT
This chapter examines restrictive relative clauses in the French creoles. Following a brief introduction to relative clauses in English and French, it focuses on relative clauses in the French creoles. For each of the creoles, it considers the range of grammatical functions (subject, object, and so on) which it relativises and the relative pronoun(s) it uses to introduce relative clauses. It also discusses the use of resumptive pronouns inside the relative clauses. It concludes with a discussion of non-fi nite relatives and free relatives.
