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Example 5-37
wan ting vs. somting
wan
indf
.
art
ting
thing
vs.
vs.
somting
something
a thing/something, something
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Generic-noun-based indefinites
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
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