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Example 22-15
Pikinini ia i bikpela liklik nau.
Pikinini
child
ia
foc
i
pm
bik-pela
big-
mod
liklik
small
nau.
now
The child was quite big now.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: WNB M12
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word follows noun
Predicative adjectives: No copula
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