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Example 5-54
wel,
dis
big mongkii, hii tek sompn ou
dis
jrom, an dash om in di riva.
wel,
well
dis
prox
.
dem
big
big
mongkii,
monkey
hii
he
tek
take
sompn
something
ou
out
dis
prox
.
dem
jrom,
drum
an
and
dash
throw
om
it
in
in
di
the
riva.
river
Well, this big monkey, he took something out of this drum, and threw it into the river.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 131, lines 252-253
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: No co-occurrence
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