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Example 17-50
dis pìkín vs. dat pìkín
dis
dem
.
prox
pìkín
child
vs.
vs.
dat
dem
.
dist
pìkín
child
this/these child(ren) vs. that/those child(ren)
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 70
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: No co-occurrence
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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