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Example 4-68
Sa Yunku osu bigi moo a osu fu Sa Linda.
Sa
courtesy.title
Yunku
Yunku
osu
house
bigi
big
moo
more
a
det
.
sg
osu
house
fu
poss
Sa
courtesy.title
Linda.
Linda
Ms Yunku's house is bigger than Ms Linda's house.
Comment:
Sa
is used for women of low social status (Mühleisen & Migge 2005: 141).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 111
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Datapoints:
Comparative adjective marking: Adjective is marked
Comparative standard marking: Standard is not overtly marked
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