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Example 25-282
Wal dijan naja stori bla krokadail.
Wal
well
dijan
prox
:
adj
naja
another
stori
story
bla
dat
/
poss
krokadail.
crocodile
Well, this is another story about the crocodile. OR: This other story is about the crocodile. (Orig. translation)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates a predicative noun phrase in a nonverbal clause.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 61
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: No copula
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