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Example 39-45
Es tud
ɔn
foy raprig?
Es
this
tud
all
ɔn
where
foy
go.
pst
raprig?
girl
Where did the girls go?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 173
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: All simple words
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural word preceding the noun
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Differentiation
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