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Example 25-250
That pesen i kaming bihain gota
beg.
That
dem
pesen
person
i
3sg
kam-ing
come-
prog2
bihain
behind
gota
com
/
ins
beg.
bag
That person is coming behind with a bag.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the comitative/proprietive function of the preposition
gota.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
Comitatives and instrumentals: Identity
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