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Example 25-184
Im ken tok
tharran
tu,
wen im kamap.
Im
3sg
ken
can
tok
talk
tharran
dist
:
adj
tu,
too
wen
when
im
3sg
kamap.
come
He can talk too, that one, when he comes.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the distal demonstrative
tharran
'that' in pronominal function, and the use of the focus particle
tu
'too'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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