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Example 2-15
A bedi de na ini a kamra.
A
det
bedi
bed
de
be.at
na
loc
ini
in
a
det
kamra.
room
The bed is in the room.
Comment:
Locational markers such as
ini
and
ondro
may either precede the noun, in which case they seem to function like prepositions, or follow the noun, in which case they are like nominalizations.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Wilner 1992
: 33
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
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