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Example 11-72
Mananti
iz a nais fish.
Mananti
manatee
iz
cop
.
prs
a
art
.
indf
nais
nice
fish.
fish
Manatees are nice fish.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Holm 1978
: 277
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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