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Example 30-8
un póbri bédju
un=póbri
art
.
indf
=poor
bédju
old
a poor old man
Comment:
adjective-noun: poor since old
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
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