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Example 25-132
D. im med langa ole boi.
D.
D.
im
3sg
med
mad
langa
loc
ole
pl
boi.
boy
D. is mad with the boys.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the plural word
ole
as a plural marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural word preceding the noun
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