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Example 39-15
Es tud rəkri tud ε də moyrmoyr.
Es
dem
tud
all
rəkri
food.stall
tud
all
ε
cop
.
npst
də
of
moyr~moyr.
Muslim~Muslim
All these food stalls belong to Muslims.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 120
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human nouns
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural reduplication
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