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Example 25-176
Det wanim jeya, la bastap.
Det
dem
wanim
whatsitcalled
jeya,
there
la
loc
bastap.
bus.stop
That what's it called there, at the bus stop.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates the co-occurrence of a recognitional demonstrative and a spatial demonstrative.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Nicholls 2011
: 94
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: Demonstrative identical to definite article
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