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Example 51-53
Kay-la bel. vs. Kay-tala bel.
Kay-la
house-
def
bel.
beautiful
vs.
vs.
Kay-tala
house-
dem
.
def
bel.
beautiful
The house is beautiful. vs. This/that house is beautiful.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bernabé 1983
Language:
Martinican Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: Co-occurrence
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