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Example 20-47
列地鼻郎花士其笠
The tea belong first crop.
The
art
tea
tea
belong
cop
first
first
crop.
crop
This is first crop tea.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.14
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: All ordinal numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals, but ‘first’ may also be suppletive
Predicative noun phrases: Variable copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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