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Example 11-18
Dei set dat op at a distans.
Dei
3pl
set
set
dat
dem
op
up
at
at
a
art
.
indf
distans.
distance
They set that up at a distance.
Comment:
This specific example was chosen because it contains the lexical item
distans,
which clearly shows that Nicaraguan Creole English is more acrolectal than San Andrés Creole English which uses
distant
both nominally and adnominally.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
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