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Example 11-74
Diiz likl gyal no nou wat iz a beebi.
Diiz
dem
.
pl
likl
little
gyal
girl
no
neg
nou
know
wat
what
iz
cop
.
prs
a
art
.
indf
beebi.
baby
These little girls don’t know what a baby is.
Comment:
Note the acrolectal demonastrative
diiz
. Holm (1978: 279 and Appendix) lists only
dem(-ya/-de)
for the plural.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: No co-occurrence
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