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Example 18-38
Cat dem di miau.
Ket
cat
dem
pl
di
ipfv
miau.
meow
Cats meow.
Comment:
This is sentence 73 on the Dahl (1989) questionnaire.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Schröder nd
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare plural noun phrase in languages with definite article
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