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Example 28-45
jɛrma doko gaugau
jɛrma
woman
doko
paddle
gau-gau
quick-quick
Women paddle with short, quick strokes.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 445
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
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