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Example 5-7
dis
leedi
dis
prox
.
dem
leedi
lady
this lady
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 130 (line 228)
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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