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Example 30-165
Djánta dja
sta
na mésa [...].
Djánta
dinner
dja
already
sta
be
na=mésa
in=table
[...].
[...]
Dinner is already on the table [...].
Comment:
s
ta
and not
ê
is used, since the predicative noun phrase is locative and not classificatory.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 43
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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