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Example 26-31
deɪ gaɪz go baɪ
dɛm
sam soɾaz
deɪ
dem
gaɪ-z
guy-
pl
go
act
baɪ
buy
dɛm
refl
sam
some
soɾa-z
soda-
pl
Those guys go and buy themselves some sodas.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 97
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Reflexive constructions: Ordinary anaphoric pronoun
Reciprocal constructions: Special reciprocal construction based on 'other'
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