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Example 25-174
Det gowena
i mit.
Det
dem
gowena
goanna
i
3sg
mit.
meat
Goannas are edible animals. OR: The goanna is meat. (Orig. Trans.)
Comment:
Variety: Fitzroy Valley. This is an example of a generic noun phrase in subject position. Goannas are large lizards.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Hudson 1985
: 82
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Singular noun phrase with definite article
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