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Example 25-260
Imin kamap
en
imin lagijat
en
imin askim mi na [...].
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
kamap
come
en
and
im=in
3sg
=
pst
lagijat
like.that
en
and
im=in
3sg
=
pst
ask-im
ask-
tr
mi
1sg
na
now
[...].
[...]
He came and went like that and asked me [...].
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates verbal conjunction and the 3rd person singular pronoun
im.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 65
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of pronominal subjects: Obligatory pronoun words
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity, overtly expressed
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