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Example 24-1
Wi kech plente aabuuka.
Wi
1pl
kech
catch
plente
much
aabuuka.
groper
We caught lots of groper (fish sp.).
Comment:
Here
wi
is anaphoric not deictic.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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