Table 5 Substitution error of the topic marker for the nominative marker
(Sub-)type | Frequency | Percentage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Subject as a focus | 296 | 23.6 | |||
2 | First nominative element (interpreted as a topic) in double nominative constructions | 61 | 4.9 | |||
3 | Subject in embedded clauses | 3A | subject in a nominal embedded clause | 898 | 36 | 2.9 |
3B | subject in an adnominal embedded clause | 365 | 29.1 | |||
3C | subject in an adverbial embedded clause | 352 | 28 | |||
3D | subject in a quoted clause | 145 | 11.6 | |||