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Example 22-1
Yumi gat ol liklik dok.
Yumi
1pl
.
incl
gat
have
ol
pl
liklik
small
dok.
dog
We have little dogs.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Predicative possession: Transitive
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