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Example 25-74
Dijan lilboi imin drim blanga wanbala olgamen.
Dijan
prox
:
adj
lilboi
little.boy
im=in
3sg
=
pst
drim
dream
blanga
dat
/
poss
wan-bala
one-
adj2
olgamen.
older.woman
This boy dreamt of a woman.
Comment:
Variety: Written Roper River. This example illustrates the "specific indefinite" reading of the numeral 'one'.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Brennan 1993
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Sortal numeral classifiers: The language has no numeral classifiers
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