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Example 5-52
hii ga wàn shaap reezaa
hii
he
ga
have
wàn
indf
.
art
shaap
sharp
reezaa
razor
He had a sharp razor.
Comment:
The suprasegmental mark on /wan/ not transcribed in the Rickford (1987) text but added by us (Hubert Devonish).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 130, line 217
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article distinct from numeral ‘one’
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