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Example 11-42
Dat iz
somting
wat
somwan
shud luk intu.
Dat
dem
iz
cop
.
prs
som-ting
some-thing
wat
rel
som-wan
some-one
shud
should
luk
look
intu.
into
That is something someone should look into.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
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