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Example 22-19
Mi lukim ol dok i ranim pik bilong mi.
Mi
1sg
luk-im
see-
tr
ol
pl
dok
dog
i
pm
ran-im
run-
tr
pik
pig
bilong
poss
mi.
1sg
I saw the dogs that chased my pig.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Dutton and Thomas 1985
: 140
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Identity
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