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Example 23-62
ol smolsmol tortel ia oli kamaot long eg
ol
pl
smol~smol
small~small
tortel
turtle
ia
def
oli
agr
kamaot
come.out
long
from
eg
egg
The little turtles come out of the(ir) egg.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: No definite article exists
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
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