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Example 48-6
un buen lato
un
art
.
indf
.
sg
buen
good
lato
while
a good while = for some time, for a while
Spanish:
un buen rato
Comment:
As in Spanish, adjective placement can have semantic consequences. In this example, postnominal placement would not mean the same thing, as it would imply contrastive meaning (i.e. a long rather than a short while).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
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Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective follows noun
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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