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Example 41-55
poɖiyaas sudu akantu mee yanasa, aka kaazantu
poɖiyaas
children
tudu
all
aka-ntu
that-
loc
mee
foc
jaa-nasa,
pst
-be.born
aka
that
kaaza-ntu
house-
loc
The children were all born there, in that house.
Comment:
This item illustrates the deictic/anaphoric use of
aka
.
Poɖiyaas
illustrates the lack of marking of S (like A).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5105
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
Focusing of the noun phrase: In situ focusing (with particle)
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