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Example 24-155
Wi tek em veges push et raun ar plet.
Wi
we
tek
take
em
pl
veges
vegetable
push
push
et
unmarked.
anaph
.
obj
.
pro
raun
around
ar
det
.
indf
.
sg
plet.
plate
We took the vegetables and pushed them around the plate.
Comment:
Et
is the unmarked object anaphoric pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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