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Example 14-40
I found this/dis book.
I
I
found
found
this/dis
dem
book.
book
I found this book.
Comment:
The plural pronoun
them
is used as the plural demonstrative:
I saw them books.
Them books got lost.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: No co-occurrence
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