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Example 25-66
Aaaa dis brabli gudwan.
Aaaa
interj
dis
prox
brabli
really
gud-wan.
good-
adj
Ah, this one is very good.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates a predicative adjective, preceded by a degree adverb, in a nonverbal clause.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Graber 1987
: 13
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word precedes adjective
Predicative adjectives: No copula
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