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Example 3-7
di wɔmi aki
di
def
.
sg
wɔmi
man
aki
here
this man
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork data
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word follows noun
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: Definite article is preposed
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Four-way contrast
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