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Example 25-117
Thei bin beltim im tharrei, thetlot kid.
Thei
3pl
bin
pst
belt-im
hit-
tr
im
3sg
tharrei,
there
thet-lot
dem
-
pl
kid.
child
They hit him over there, those kids (did).
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the use of a plural demonstrative to indicate plurality.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Only dependent subject forms
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural word preceding the noun
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Differentiation
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
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