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Example 35-96
Ê sa maxi bluku dôkê ami.
Ê
3sg
sa
be
maxi
more
bluku
mean
dôkê
than
ami.
1sg
He is meaner than I.
Comment:
Speakers accept omission of the degree word
maxi
, but in natural speech this hardly ever happens.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Comparative adjective marking: Adjective is marked
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