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Example 5-5
wan shaap reezaa
wan
indf
.
art
shaap
sharp
reezaa
razor
a sharp razor
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 130(line 217)
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
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