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Example 25-40
Tubala olmen bin lisen langa tubala na.
Tubala
two
olmen
men
bin
pst
lisen
listen
langa
loc
tubala
3du
na.
now
The two men listened to the two (kangaroos) then.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the absence of an article in an (anaphoric) definite context.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun: Numeral precedes noun
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
Sortal numeral classifiers: The language has no numeral classifiers
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