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Example 25-338
Hiya luk hiya! Thiswan hiya not grinwan!
Hiya
here
luk
look
hiya!
here
Thiswan
prox
:
adj
hiya
here
not
neg
grin-wan!
green-
adj
Here, look here! This is not green!
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a use of the colour term 'green'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
'Green' and 'blue': Differentiation
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