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Example 15-5
Da pus dɔn kil da arata.
Da
dem
pus
cat
dɔn
pfv
kil
kill
da
dem
arata.
mouse
The/That cat has killed the/that mouse.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Jones 1971
: 80
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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