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Example 25-32
Nunggubuyu-bala, dis blakbala im wokwok.
Nunggubuyu-bala,
Nunggubuyu-
adj
dis
prox
blakbala
Aboriginal.person
im
3sg
wok~wok.
red
.walk
This Nunggubuyu person, this Aboriginal person he walks.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. This example illustrates the order of adnominal demonstrative and noun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Nicholls 2006
: 2
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
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