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Example 32-35
Meiu
s
de komunikasãu tanben ta transmití-l.
Meius
medium.
pl
de
of
komunikasãu
communication
tanben
also
ta
prs
transmití-l.
transmit-
3sg
The media also transmit it (the information).
Portuguese:
Os meios de comunicação também a (informação) transmitem.
Comment:
This example illustrates inanimate nominal plural (see general comment on the value assignment for Feature 22 "Occurrence of nominal plural markers").
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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