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Example 24-16
Bligh, en eaghteen dem one nawa mutiny, fine demsalf driften in ar Tongan Sea.
Bligh,
Bligh
en
and
eaghteen
eighteen
dem
3pl
one
one
Ø
Ø
nawa
never
mutiny,
mutiny
fine
find
demsalf
3pl
.
refl
driften
drift.continuous
in
in
ar
det
.
def
Tongan
Tongan
Sea.
Sea
Bligh, and eighteen of the ones who did not mutiny, found themselves drifting on the Tongan Sea.
Comment:
This example is acrolectal.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
essay 2006
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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