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Example 39-54
Es tud ε kaz də tud pad.
Es
this
tud
pl
ε
cop
.
npst
kaz
house
də
of
tud
all
pad.
priest
These are the houses of the priests.
Comment:
Most native speakers hesitated when asked to mark plurality on
priest
; however, all consistently selected the element
tud
(prototypically a quantifier meaning 'all' to perform this function).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 175
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural word preceding the noun
The associative plural: Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Differentiation
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: Demonstrative identical to definite article
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