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Example 17-54
Dè̱m ge̱t tre tre pìkín.
Dè̱m
3pl
.
sbj
ge̱t
have
tre~tre
three~
distr
pìkín.
child
They have three children each.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 236
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Adnominal distributive numerals: Distributivity marked by reduplication
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