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Example 25-336
Thei ken geta broken nek o
am
o leg.
Thei
3pl
ken
can
geta
get
broken
broken
nek
neck
o
or
am
arm
o
or
leg.
leg
They can get a broken neck or arm or leg.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation; possibly acrolectal. The example illustrates the use of the body part term
am
'arm'.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
'Hand' and 'arm': Differentiation
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