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Example 17-28
man dè̱m, got dè̱m, ston dè̱m
man
man
dè̱m,
3pl
got
goat
dè̱m,
3pl
ston
stone
dè̱m
3pl
men, goats, stones
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 168
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
The associative plural: Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
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