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Example 22-25
Long dispela ples i gat
wanpela
lapun meri.
Long
prep
dispela
this
ples
village
i
pm
gat
have
wanpela
one
lapun
old
meri.
woman
In this village there was an old woman.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Definite articles: No definite article, but indefinite article
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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