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Example 17-52
Mà pìkín bì dat.
Mà
my
pìkín
child
bì
cop
dat.
dem
.
dist
That is my child. OR: My child is that one.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 97
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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