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Example 23-11
from hem i wan pikinini we hem i no save hangri
from
because
hem
3sg
i
agr
wan
indf
.
art
pikinini
child
we
rel
hem
3sg
i
agr
no
neg
save
hab
hangri
hungry
because he's a child who doesn't feel hungry [but then gets headaches if he hasn't eaten]
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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