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Example 23-124
taem ia hem i stap long Nyugini, mi wan mi stap
taem
time
ia
def
hem
3sg
i
agr
stap
stay
long
loc
Nyugini,
New.Guinea
mi
1sg
wan
one
mi
1sg
stap
stay
He was in New Guinea then, I was at home on my own.
Comment:
Note
mi stap
(no overt locative) with default interpretation meaning 'at home'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Invariant copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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