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Example 32-156
Es istória [...] no dá-
l
foi na skóla.
Es
dem
.
pl
istória
story
[...]
[...]
no
1pl
dá-l
give-
3sg
.
res
foi
cop
.
pst
na
in
skóla.
school.
We have studied these stories in school.
Portuguese:
Essas histórias, damo-las foi na escola.
Comment:
Here, there is a zero relative marker, and the role of head is shown by the resumptive pronoun
-l.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
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