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Example 25-21
Mela bin kemp theya na, theya, tharrei la [...]
ol rod.
Mela
1pl
.
excl
bin
pst
kemp
camp
theya
there
na,
now
theya,
there
tharr-ei
dist
-
dir
la
loc
[...]
[...]
ol
old
rod.
road
We camped right there, there, that way on the old road.
Comment:
Variety: Katherine. This example illustrates the order of adjective and noun in a noun phrase.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Angelo et al. 1998
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
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