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Example 25-30
Imin hitim mi garra im teil.
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
hit-im
hit-
tr
mi
1sg
garra
com
/
ins
im
3sg
teil.
tail
He hit me with his tail.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates an instrumental expression and pronouns in subject, object and possessor position.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 61
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
Comitatives and instrumentals: Identity
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